Activity #3 Excerpt from the Odyessey

…no man has been more blessed than you, Achilles, nor will be in time to come, since weGreeksconsidered you a god while you lived, and now you rule, a power, among the un-living. Do not grieve, then, Achilles, at your death.”

These words he answered, swiftly: “Glorious Odysseus: don’t try to reconcile me to my dying. I’d rather serve as another man’s laborer, as a poor slave without land, and be alive on Earth, than be lord of all the lifeless dead.”

  1. Why does Odysseus think that Achilles is blessed?

Give evidence for your statement. (a quote)

  1. What is Achilles view of death? Give evidence for

your statement. (a quote)

Activity 4: Pericles Quote

“Our public men have, besides politics, their private affairs to attend to, and our ordinary citizens, though occupied with the pursuits of industry, are still fair judges of public matters; for, unlike any other nation, we regard him who takes no part in these duties not as unambitious but as useless, we Athenians are able to judge … instead of looking on discussion as a stumbling-block in the way of action, we think it an indispensablepreliminary to any wise action at all.”

  1. What is Pericles’ attitude (opinion/view) of Athenian citizens and

government?Find Evidence= a quote.

  1. What is the best definition for the term “indispensable” based on this reading?
  1. What is the best definition for “preliminary” based on this reading?

Activity #2: Greek Art

  1. Both the Charioteer and the Nike
  2. Have detailed folds in their robes.
  3. Have some realistic physical features.
  4. Appear to be dressed in clothing of the period.
  5. All of the above.
  6. The Charioteer was created approximately 270 years before the Nike. How does the artistic style appear to change in that time?
  7. The poses and facial expressions are stiff and motionless.
  8. The human body began to be sculpted in more natural and realistic poses.
  9. Imaginary features were added to make the statues more interesting.
  10. None of the above.

Activity 1: SAD Cycle Circle map

Activity 6: SAD Cycle Practice- point of view from underlined group. Identify as S, A or D and underline evidence from the statement to support your answer.

  1. Mycenaeans build cities led by kings and protected by 20ft. thick walls.
  2. Dorians invade and conqueror the Mycenaeans.
  3. Greeks defeat the Trojans in a 10 year war.
  4. Homer performs the Iliad and the Odyessey which are eventually written down as the great Greek epics.
  5. Mycenaeanstrade and exchange culture and ideas with the Minoans.
  6. Greeks lose the ability read and write during the Dorian (Dark) Age- 400 years.
  7. Greeks develop myths about their gods to explain the power of nature and how people should or should not act.