Greek Movie Part 2

Today in Mr. Schick’s West Civ class we continued to watch the movie about the Greeks and their early civilization. We came to the part in the movie where they talk about tyrants. A tyrant occurs when one ruler seizes total control. We also were introduced to a new character named Pisistratus. While in control, he reduced taxes and introduced free loans to people of Athens. It was known that the city of Athens produced the absolute best olives. We also learned in the movie a little bit about the Red Light District. This was the place where the prostitutes worked. Pottery makers were at the bottom of the social status. Pisistratus died in 527 B.C. and then his son Hippias took over rule. Hippias’ brother got murdered which caused Hippias to be paranoid because he thought he was next. He was then drove out of rule by Cleisthenes who took over Athens.