Ancient Greece and Excellence

Today we learned a few different things about Greece and it's people's arete, which means excellence.    As a greek citizen, you had to participate in voting for ideas or decisions in the town. It was mostly men because women weren't allowed to vote at the Agora, the voting area in the town. Another thing we learned about was the city of Polis, which was like the capital of Greece because of how popular it was. We learned that in 508 BC, Cleisthenes grants full rights to all free men of Athens to vote for town decisions. Our class also got to learn about the Greek philosopher Socrates. The philosopher had method to his teachings; finding out the real truth behind things in his own light. Socrates was eventually forced to commit suicide by drinking poison. Finally, we learned that being an idiot in Greece isn't that bad. Being and idiot meant being a private person and one that didn't vote. Ancient Greece had a very interesting history of excellence.