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Boggs Eika Boggs Women and the society http://www.angelfire.com/ca3/ancientchix/ website Women were different and had limited rights in the Greek society but still played a role in the society because they didn’t have many opportunities actually limited opportunities that the men in the family/society had. They were not allowed to watch the Olympic Games Chariot racing was the only game women could win, and only then if they owned the horse. Women were controlled by their father before they got married and once the women got married the spouse took control over the women. Women had no right to own property. There husbands would own the property. She had no rights to wander around the town, without a just cause. Any respectable woman would not be seen in public. Greek women had virtually no political rights of any kind and were controlled by men at all stages of their lives. Since men spent most of their time away from their houses, women were very good at the home and the household. The wife was in charge of raising the children and making the families clothes. She supervised the daily running of the household Women would run the household and take care of the children. Without women in the family or at the household no home is clean or prosperous. Also women played an important role in the 120 festivals which took place in Athens every year. Children in Athens were constantly subject to numerous religious rites and festivals. Young girls and women often played a part in these festivals. The women would help set up the festivals with food and other goods to make the festival entertaining. But the main role for women was to raise their children and keep the household organized. Most Greek households had slaves. Female slaves cooked, cleaned, and worked in the fields. If a woman did not have a slave,they would have lore freedom, but they will have a lot more work to do.

Links: 1) http://www.livius.org/man-md/marathon/marathon.html 2) http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/History/Battles/Marathon.html 3) http://www.runtheplanet.com/resources/historical/herodotus.asp 4) www2.ku.edu/~kunrotc/academics/384/MCOR%20384%20- %20Presentation%20-%20**Marathon**.pp The Battle of Marathon was is a very popular war that happened in Marathon,Greece in 490 B.C. The Battle of Marathon was against the Athenians and the Persians.The Persians wanted to punish the Athenians because they had helped/support the Ionian Revolt in 499 B.C. The Persian army was lead my King Dauris the first.The Athenians army was lead by Miltiades .The Persian army had archery to help support them. While on the other hand the Athenians had spears and small swords that help them through the battle. Then the Perisans went to Battle the Antenians had a very tactical plan.The Atheninans had Flank the Perisans so they were surrounded by the Anthenians and soon the the Perisans retreated back to there ship and tried to escape back out into the see. Then Miltiades called out to one of his soldiers named Pheidippides who was a very good runner to go back to Aathens and he wanted to tell Athens that they had won the war. But after a days worth of fighting he ran 26 miles until he reached to Athens and told the citizens of Athens and Greece that they had won the war and died after he ran back to the battle. The Battle of Marathon is known to be one of the most popular legends in Greece because it was a key win for them.
 * __The Battle of Marathon__**

__//**Greek Art!**//__ Link: [|http://www.cwu.edu/~robinsos/ppages/resources/Costume_History/greek.htm] http://upge.wn.com/?t=ancientgreece/index11.txt

The Greek art was important in Greece because it was divided into four sections the Geometric, the Archaic, the Classical and the Hellenistic.It had also showed how it developed into many different periods and the development that it went through. Also words don't always have to show what is going on in that point of time. Sculptures and pictures can show the different types of moods that is going on. Also that the sculpture shows the different time periods and what has been developed or not or how different people look like. Also many people wanted to express there feelings and develop new ways of sculptering people like people dieding on the battlefields, people posing for them.

__Greek Sculptures during the classical period__ Link: [|http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/greek-art.htm]

The Greek sculptures show how different their physical and the spiritual and the perfection of different sculptures. The classical period was through the 500- 323 B.C.E The Greeks during this time were just exploring and inventing new tools which helped the Greek sculptures make the sculpture more lively and more interesting. Also known to be more open. The different tools that they used were [|stone], [|wood], or [|bronze] to help them sculpture things.Also there were three periods of sculpture [|Early Classical Period] (500-450B.C), then came the [|High Classical Period](450-400)B.C Then last came the [|Late Classical Period] (400-323)B.C. The sculpture came from many different ways like gender, age and other ways that they can sculpt. The Greek sculptures sculpt men, women, elderly, warriors dieing on the battlefield.

__**Three Questions**__

1) Why would is philosophy still taught today even though it only mattered to those people in Greek it mattered a lot and some people in Greek society disagree with philosophy?

2) Why is Aristotle and important role in philosophy?

3) Why did so many Philosophers choose to become a philosopher in Greek times when they have the risk of being trialed for what they are questionoing or what they believe in?