7th General Lyceum of ILION

Our School

• Our school was established in 1998.

• It’ s a mainstream school. It has 3 classes-levels (1st, 2nd, 3rd).

• At the 2nd level the students have to decide on which direction to follow (classical, scientific, technological) for the last two years.

• It has 270 students and 24 teachers.

ILION• Ilion is one of the 9 municipalities of West

Athens, with population more than 130.000 citizens, as it received a big wave of internal immigration during the decades 1950s and 1960s.

• It is located 8 klm far from the historic centre of Athens.

A remarkable development has been shown in the domains of processing and trade with small industries and workshops. The 24% of workforce are employees while the remaining 76% are employers or self-employed.

HISTORY• The contemporary history of Ilion started with the

establishment of a small settlement under the name Ilion -Troas in March 1858. Such a decision was not randomly made: years ago European charts placed ancient municipality of Troy at this area.

• At first, there were the residences of the people working at the farm land owned by the Greek Royal Family. Its population was then 227 residents, according to the census of 1861. In the years that followed the expulsion of King Otto of Greece many rich families came to the area to buy land and settle down. The main owner of the land was the Liossis’ family. So, at the end of the 19th century the area was called New Liossia until 1991 when the local council changed its name into Ilion .

Sightseeing• The Park of Environmental

Awareness “Antonis Tritsis” which is a unique area of wildlife around 1000 acres within an urban area.

• A cultural centre called “Melina Merkouri”, which organizes many cultural events.

• A Folklore Museum, established in May 1997 which along with a Gallery houses collections of Works of Art.

The Park of Environmental Awareness

The Townhall

The central Orthodox Church

ATHENSATHENS

History Athens is one of the oldest named cities in the

world. It became the leading city of Ancient Greece,

even outdoing Sparta, in the first millennium B.C.

During the early Middle Ages, Athens experienced a

decline, then recovered under the later 

Byzantine Empire and was relatively prosperous

during the period of the Crusades (12th and 13th

centuries), benefiting from Italian trade. Following a

period of sharp decline under the rule of the 

Ottoman Empire, Athens re-emerged in the 19th

century as the capital of the independent Greek

 state.

Athens: Etymology According to an etiological myth, Athena and Poseidon requested to be

patrons of the city and give their name to the city, so they competed

with one another for the honour, offering the city one gift each. Poseidon

produced a spring by striking the ground with his trident,

symbolizing naval power. Athena created the olive tree, symbolizing

peace and prosperity. The Athenians, under their ruler Cecrops,

accepted the olive tree and named the city after Athena. Athḗnai is a

plural form, the Athḗnai, since it was originally a group of ten cities

which Theseus unified into one city.

The contest of Athena and Poseidon. West Pediment of the Parthenon.

Athens, today, is the capital of Greece.

It is Europe’s 8th largest conurbation with an urban population of 3. 3 million and a metropolitan population of about 3. 8 million people.

It is widely referred to as the cradle of Western Civilization and the birthplace of Democracy.

CITY CENTER

The cultural heritage of AthensThe classical era heritage is still evident in the city,

portrayed through a number of ancient monuments

and artworks, the most famous of all being the

Parthenon on the Acropolis, standing as an epic

landmark of western civilization.Acropolis Erehtheion: Caryatides

Acropolis: The temple of Athena Nike

Olympic GamesIn 1896, Athens hosted the first modern Olympic

Games. It also hosted the most recent 2004

Olympic Games, for which many improvements to

its infrastructure were made, including a new state-

of-the-art airport and transportation links.

Sightseeing: PLAKA

GREECEΕΛΛΑΔΑ

Greece is a European country situated on the southern end of the Balkan Peninsula.• It has land borders with

Albania, F.Y.R.O.M. and Bulgaria to the north and Turkey to the east.

• The Aegean Sea lies to the east of mainland Greece, the Ionian Sea lies to the west and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. • Greece has the tenth longest

coastline in the world featuring a vast number of islands.

History of Greece

• Greek Bronze Age– Helladic civilization– Cycladic civilization– Minoan civilization– Mycenaean

civilization• Ancient Greece

– Greek Dark Ages– Archaic Greece– Classical Greece– Hellenistic Greece– Roman Greece

• Medieval Greece– Byzantine Greece– Frankish and Latin

states– Ottoman Greece

• Modern Greece– War of Independence– Kingdom of Greece– Regime Axis

occupation– Third Hellenic

Republic

Bronze Age:

Minoan palace, Knossos

Ancient Greece, Classical:The Parthenon, Athens

Bronze Age:Lions-Gate:Mycenae

Medieval Greece:Byzantine Church: Athens

Ancient Greece, Roman: Theatre Irodou Attikou

Modern Greece:Mykonos

The word Greek, according to Aristotle, comes from the word Graikoi, which was the pre-historic name of the Hellenes.

Politics

Greece is a “presidential parliamentary republic”. The president serves as the ceremonial head of state,

while the prime minister is the head of government. George Papandreou is the Prime Minister today.

Greek Parliament

GREEK CULTURE

Greece is a country of a great interests and diverse cultures and was influenced by its location, being at the junction between the East and the West and by the many occupations endured by the Greek people throughout history.

• Religion: The Greek population is composed of a 97% of Christian Orthodox people. The rest of the population is Muslim, Roman Catholic and Jewish.

Shadow puppet: Karagiozis Puppet Theatre

• Music is of unbelievable diversity due to the creative Greek assimilation of different influences of the Eastern and Western culture of Asia and Europe. Some of the most commonly used instruments are: bouzouki, santouri, lauto clarinet, violin, guitar and lyra.

• Dance is a very old tradition. There are different styles and interpretations from all of the islands and the surrounding mainland areas.

• Cuisine is famous for its good quality products and the amazing taste of its food and wines.  It makes wide use of olive oil, vegetables and herbs, grains and bread, wine, fish, nuts, honey.