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Greek Newspaper

ThenandNow

The Greek government was based on direct

democracy. This is a form of government in

which citizens rule directly and not through

representatives. Even the poorest couldserve if chosen by lot because they had paid

salaries. Because of this, Athens had more

citizens engaged in self-government thanany other city-state. This reform made

Athens one of the most democratic

governments in history. Political rightsthough, were still limited to those with

citizenship status. Greek government was

also similar to our government now. Both

had the three branches of government and

 political powers exercised by citizens.Greek art consisted of temples and lots of 

sculptors. Temples were built to honor godsand goddesses. Sculptors where built to

create figures that were graceful, strong, and

 perfectly formed. Their faces showed neither laughter nor anger, only serenity. Greek 

sculptors also tried to capture the grace of 

the human body in motion. Their values of order, balance, and proportion became the

standard of what is called classical art. As

well as art, the Greeks built the first theatersin the west and invented drama.The Greeks believed that athletic

competitions were a way to please the gods

and honor dead heroes. The Olympic's wasone of many Greece’s many athletic

festivals, that still continues today.

Dedicated to the god Zeus, the Olympics

  began in 776 B.C. The Greeks even

suspended wars between city-states so thatathletes could compete. The Olympic Games

consisted of foot races, wrestling, boxing,

 jumping, javelin and discus throwing events.About 40,000 Greeks crowded into the

stadium built in Olympia to watch the

competitions. The event takes place every

four years just like it did when they firststarted.

Editorial

Pericles had three goals for Athens. His firstgoal was to strengthened democracy. He did

so by increasing the number of paid public

officials. The introduction of directdemocracy was an important legacy of Periclean Athens. Pericles expressed great

  pride in Athenian democracy. Pericles’

second goal was to enlarge the wealth and power of Athens. He used the money from

the Delian League’s treasury to build

Athens’ 200-ship navy into the strongest in

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the Mediterranean. A strong navy was

important because it helped Athens

strengthen the safety of its empire. Pericles’third goal was to glorify Athens. He used

money from the empire to make Athens

more beautiful.Compared to Alexander theGreat, Pericles did not expand his empire as

far as Alexander. However, Pericles did

strengthen Democracy for Athens which ledto more citizens engaged in self-

government. Pericles didn’t have a strong

ambition like Alexander. Alexander focused

mainly on conquering other empires anddefeating Darius and Pericles focused on

other things like enlarging the wealth and

 power of Athens.

Obituary

Socrates, 469-399 B.C., was one of the most

 powerful thinkers in history. He encouraged

Greeks to go further and question

themselves and their moral character. Thosewho understood Socrates admired him

deeply. The majority of citizens, however,

could not understand this strange man andhis ideas. In 399 B.C., when Socrates was

about 70 years old, he was brought to trialfor “corrupting the youth of Athens” and“neglecting the city’s gods.” The jury

disagreed and condemned him to death.

Later, he died after drinking a slow acting poison.

Advice column

Q: Dear Aphrodite, I really like this girl but

I don't know if I should tell her or not. I

don't know if she feels the same, and I amscared of what she might say so what should

I do?A: I think you should just follow your heartand tell her how you feel. Im sure she feels

the same way to.

Q: Dear Helios, it has been really hot lately,and I was wondering if maybe you could

help us out and make it be less hot?A: Well we are getting in to October so I

suppose I could try and lower the heat fromthe sun.

Q: Dear Hera, my parents are going threw a

hard time with their marriage, and I don't

know what to do anymore what do you think 

I should do?A: Don't worry your parent's will be fine. All

 parents argue sometimes but they will be

fine I will make sure of it.

Q: Dear Hermes, lately I have been havingweird dreams and I don't know why. Why doyou think this is happening to me?

A: Well everybody sometimes has weird

dreams but they all have meanings. I don'tknow exactly what your dream is but every

dream has a meaning and sometimes they

try to send you a message.