During our day, we investigated Athenian Democracy and tested its practice of equality and justice. We decided that it was only based upon equal rights if you were a free born, full status Athenian male. It seems, that women,slaves and foreigners didn't count !
We also put three citizens on trial before their fellow citizens. The Vase of Justice, a gracious gift from Zeus, was honoured before the trial and later smashed so that the citizens could vote to show who they felt was guilty of the crime. Each citizen had an ostrakon - a piece of the pot and they cast it as a vote in front of one of the accused. The convicted criminal was stoned to death immediately after the trial.
Dance was a popular event in the ancient Olympic games. In our Olympic games, each of our cities, Athens, Thebes and Corinth, were represented by very scary warrior dance groups.
