Athens government and life
Athens was named after the goddes Athena, the goddes of wisdom, courage, inspiration, civilization, warfare, strength, strategy, female arts, crafts, justice, and skill. This definately reflects what the culture of Athens is really about. They are more based on art and intellect. They were master builders and architects and their artwork is some of the mos unique in the world. They strived for excellence and beleived that you can do and excel in anything that you want as long as you do not break the laws of Greece. Their economy was based off of mainly trading and agriculture. The government of Athens is what we call a direct democracy. What that means is that if say, a new law was being passed, each athenian and other surrounding regions would each vote individually. In the US today, we elect a representative to decide for us. This is soewhat good because everyone has a voice and can say what they want. But it is also somewhat bad because it becomes exteremely difficult to count all of the votes.