The document describes a virtual museum on ancient Greece that contains information on Greek gods/goddesses, women in society, battles between Athens and Sparta, and the wisdom of Socrates. The museum contains artifacts and descriptions related to these topics to educate visitors on aspects of ancient Greek philosophy, gender roles, and mythology. Visitors are welcomed to explore the various rooms and artifacts of the museum to learn about these important facets of ancient Greek culture and society.

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Welcome to the Museum of Ancient Greece! We hope you
enjoy your visit here and come out of it knowing all about
Greek philosophy, women and mythology!
Citations:
"Greek running girl." Image. Erich Lessing/Art Resource, NY. Daily Life through History. ABC-CLIO, 2013. Web. 16 Jan. 2013.
"Greek culture: family." Image. Neil Harrison/Dreamstime.com. Daily Life throughHistory. ABC-CLIO, 2013. Web. 28 Jan. 2013.
-- -. Terracotta stamnos (jar). ca. 450–440 B.C. painting on jar. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York,
NYhttp://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/gr/web-large/DP224714.jpg
Unknown. Terracotta neck-amphora (jar). ca. 500 B.C. painting on jar metropolitan museum of art, 1000 Fifth Avenue (at 82nd Street) New York, NY 10028.
http://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/gr/web-large/DP226806.jpg
The Erbach Painter. Bell Krater. N.d. Bell Krater Pottery. The British Museum, Britain.
Unknown. Bust. N.d. Bust Of Hera. The British Museum, Britain.
-- -. Gre;t Eleusinian Relief. N.d. Marble Relief Fragment. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
-- -. Statuette of Ares. N.d. Statuette of Ares. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Encyclopedia of the Ancient Greek World. N.p.: n.p., n.d. Facts on File. Web. 17 Jan. 2013. <http://www.fofweb.com/NuHistory/default.asp?
ItemID=WE49&NewItemID=True>.
McCaffery, Elisabeth. "Dionysus." World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras. ABC-CLIO, 2013. Web. 15 Jan. 2013
Moulton, Ed. Carroll, comp. Ancient Greece and Rome: An Encyclopedia for Students. N.p.: n.p., n.d. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 15 Jan. 2013.
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Roy, Christian. "Panhellenic games." World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras. ABC-CLIO, 2013. Web. 14 Jan. 2013.
Salisbury, Joyce E. and Gregory Aldrete. "Children in Ancient Greece." Daily Life through History. ABC-CLIO, 2013. Web. 14 Jan. 2013.
Salisbury, Joyce E. and Gregory S. Aldrete. "Entertainment in Ancient Greece." Daily Life through History. ABC-CLIO, 2013. Web. 14 Jan. 2013
Salisbury, Joyce E. and Gregory S. Aldrete. "Religious Beliefs in the Ancient World." Daily Life through History. ABC-CLIO, 2013. Web. 14 Jan. 2013
Salisbury, Joyce E. and Gregory S. Aldrete. "Religious Beliefs in Greece: Ancient World." Daily Life through History.ABC-CLIO, 2013. Web. 14 Jan. 2013.
Vivante, Bella. "Greek Women and Ritual: Ancient World." Daily Life through History. ABC-CLIO, 2013. Web. 14 Jan. 2013.
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Welcome to the Museum of Ancient Greece! We hope you
enjoy your visit here and come out of it knowing all about
Greek philosophy, women and mythology!
More Citations!
"Athenian and Spartan Families: Key Question." World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras. ABC-CLIO, 2013. Web. 18 Jan. 2013. Funerary stele of a soldier
with his wife and children, Greek, around 390–380 BCE. [Vanni Archive/Corbis]
Garland, Robert. "Athenian and Spartan Families: The "Antithetical" Spartan Family." Daily Life through History. ABC-CLIO, 2013. Web. 16 Jan. 2013.
"Athenian women." World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras. ABC-CLIO, 2013. Web. 18 Jan. 2013.
"Spartan women." World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras. ABC-CLIO, 2013. Web. 18 Jan. 2013
Cook, James. "Socrates." Encyclopedia of Ancient Literature. N.p.: n.p., n.d. 1. Facts on File. Web. 16 Jan. 2013.
<http://www.fofweb.com/NuHistory/default.asp?ItemID=WE49&NewItemID=True>.
The Greeks. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Jan. 2013. <http://www.pbs.org/empires/thegreeks/htmlver/>.
Mr. Moore's, Ancient Greece Handouts. "Greek Philosophers." 4th Period. South Orange Middle School. 16 Jan. 2013. Reading.
"Socrates." Ancient and Medival History Online. Facts on File, 2005. Web. 15 Jan. 2013. <http://www.fofweb.com/NuHistory/default.asp?
ItemID=WE49&NewItemID=True>.
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Ancient Greeks prayed to specific gods/goddesses depending
on the circumstances and there was no specific type of person that Insert Artifact
prayed to a specific god. Picture Here
Demeter is at the left and at the right is Persephone, her daughter. Each goddess
extends her right hand toward a youth, most likely Triptolemos, who was sent by Demeter to
teach men how to grow and harvest grain. The relief (this is one of ten pieces) was found at
the sanctuary of Demeter at Eleusis, the site of the Eleusinian mysteries. The Eleusinian
Mysteries were the most famous of all cult rituals and the best-known mystery religion of
the ancient world. It was a festival honoring Demeter and Persephone. Beginning in around
the 16thcentury B.C., it was celebrated every year at the sanctuary of Demeter in Eleusis.
The mysteries were open to everyone as long as they were a citizen and could speak Greek.
The festival was composed of a series of complicated rituals that came together in the
Mystery, a ritual that revealed Demeter's central secret. As you can see, there were groups
of followers for specific gods or goddesses, although they prayed to others too.
The Eleusinian Mysteries pertain to my answer in a simple way. The fact that
everyone was allowed into them shows that that anyone and everyone worshipped the two
goddesses. Even though serfs were usually tenders of the fields and harvests, rich women,
men and the poor all took part.
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Ancient Greeks prayed to specific gods/goddesses depending Insert Artifact
on the circumstances and there was no specific type of
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person that prayed to a specific god.
used to mix wine and water) is painted with a picture
to by various people. Their heads are at the
ual to each other. The Dionysus shown here is young.
bell-krater is that Satyrs and Maenads are attending
hat since the Satyrs and Maenads were figures in the
p Apollo. But as depicted on this bell krater, they did! Also, although this bell-krater doesn’t sh
nk. In my question, I asked whether what a god or
f people that prayed to that god or goddess. And in
yes! He influenced the acts of his devotees. This
wers were exactly like him but worshipped others. In
d Pan and Dionysus.
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Ancient Greeks prayed to specific gods/goddesses
Depending on the circumstances and there was no specific Insert Artifact
type of person that prayed to a specific god. Picture Here
This is a altar for a much overlooked goddess, Hestia. She is an overlooked
goddess because of the fact she pertains mostly to females who were overlooked in Greek
society. She looks over “the hearth”or the family. Largely ignored in myths, Hestia played a
crucial role as goddess of the hearth. When entering her husband's home at marriage, the
Greek bride was led three times around the central hearth fire to establish her role as the
new mistress of the household. Also, each morning, the lady household head dedicated
prayers and offerings to Hestia, asking her for a successful household with many sons.
Hestia's main importance is shown by the fact that at the major sanctuary for Zeus at
Olympia, daily offerings were made first to Hestia before Zeus and the other deities honored
there.
Hestia is proof against my answer, actually. Apparently, she was mainly
worshipped by women and barely any men prayed to her at all. She was the goddess of
family and men had no interest in the running of the household. This goes to show that though
most every god or goddess had diverse followers, some did not.
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Women in Athens and women in Sparta get their similarities Insert Artifact
and differences (mainly dealing with freedoms) from their
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society and government.
All women in Greece had the same basic goal given to them
by society; be a good wife and mother and bear healthy children. What
made the women of Sparta and Athens different from each other in this
goal was the way they went about it. Unlike Athenian women, Spartan
women would exercise while pregnant to birth a strong child and soldier
if male.
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Women in Athens and women in Sparta get their similarities Insert Artifact
and differences (mainly dealing with freedoms) from their
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society and government.
Spartan women actually always exercised and participated in
sports such as running, the discus and javelin throw, and wrestling.
This was because of the government they grew up in. Sparta was ruled
by two kings advised by a council of elders. They decreed that
everyone in Sparta should be devoted to the needs of the state and not
an individual. Therefore both genders were physically trained for the
sake of the state to defend it or in the women’s case, produce soldiers
to do so. Women, although not in the army, have at times defended
their community against outside armies.
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Women in Athens and women in Sparta get their similarities Insert Artifact
and differences (mainly dealing with freedoms) from their
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society and government.
Athenian women on the other hand were very restricted, rarely
able to even exit the house except for special occasions like a festival
or to do a simple chore like fetching water. They were expected to do
things like the cooking, sewing, and other domestic chores. Other
activities they did included managing the household and slaves and
teach daughters to be good mothers and wives. Unlike Spartan
women, they could not own land but could pass down property to a
male heir or guardian if need be. Athenian women also did not have
jobs, dependent on a male relative or husband. The only exception was
being a priestess.
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Socrates taught his students using the Socratic Method, Insert Artifact
because he believed that moral virtue could be taught.
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Socrates was famous. His fame was spread all through Greece. He
was so famous that he was brought to the attention of the Oracle of
Delphi. The Oracle of Delphi was a priestess that delivered messages
from Apollo, the sun god of prophecy and music.The Oracle of Delphi
proclaimed that Socrates was the wisest man in all of Greece. What did
Socrates do? Instead of celebrating, Socrates tried to prove the Oracle
wrong, for he always proclaimed that he "knew nothing." Socrates had
always sought out those who proclaimed that they knew everything to
prove them worng. So naturally, he used his own method to try to prove
the Oracle wrong.
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Socrates taught his students using the Socratic Method, Insert Artifact
because he believed that moral virtue could be taught.
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This artifact is depicting Socrates and his most famous student, Plato,
who also is one of the biggest three philosophers of Ancient Greece.
Plato's student, Aristotle, is the third. But where did Socrates teach? In
fact, Socrates taught everywhere. He had no school, so he taught and
questioned any men (no women) that came to him. In the marketplace,
under a tree, or even in his own house, Socrates taught everywhere.
However, his student Plato did set up a school, named the Platonic
Academy.
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Socrates taught his students using the Socratic Method, Insert Artifact
because he believed that moral virtue could be taught.
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Socrates strongly believed that moral virtue could be taught. From this
belief came the SOCRATIC METHOD, a question-and-answer method
that helped a person rethink their past beliefs. A question Socrates
might ask his pupils would be "What are the characteristics of a
citizen?" From there, Socrates would suggest what was wrong with the
answer. This is how Socrates was able to make his student reflect on
their past beliefs.
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Ancient Greeks prayed to specific gods/goddesses
depending on the circumstances and there was no specific Insert Artifact
type of person that prayed to a specific god. Picture Here
This is a statuette of a figure thought to be Ares, the god of
war. It’s been made as an offering to him, or as a tribute. Many of this
figures have been found, both of Ares and various other gods and
goddesses. Ares was a god that was most often prayed to when there
was a war. And according to Greek mythology, he was in quite a few of
them! For example, in the Trojan War, Ares backed the Trojans.
Although Ares most often was faced with humiliation, his strength and
power was valued by soldiers. He is prayed to mostly in one
circumstance: war.
This relates to my answer because Ares shows that in specific
circumstances, specific gods or goddesses are prayed to. Overall,
Greeks were diverse in their worship.
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Women in Athens and women and Sparta get their Insert Artifact
similarities and differences (mainly dealing with Picture Here
freedoms) from their society and government.
The government of Athens was a democracy and believed in
giving "everyone" a voice although it only referred to men who were
considered citizens unlike everyone else. Because of the sexist society
in Athens women did not participate in political affairs and were very
restricted due to their role as a woman which required them to stay in
the household and basically only communicate with women unless a
male relative or husband. A women going out of her "sphere" would
make her appear sexually loose to the public.
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Socrates taught his students using the Socratic Method, Insert Artifact
because he believed that moral virtue could be taught.
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Socrates was born in the Athens, the year 469 B.C. His father was a
stonecutter in the middle class named Sophroniskos. Socrates studied
under the teaching of Anaxagoras, another philosopher, in his youth.
Socrates, however, wasn't interested in physics and cosmology. He
was more interested in ethics (the moral principles of a person.)
Socrates believed that moral virtue could be achieved through learning.
From this belief rose the greatest philosopher the world will ever see.
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