The Greek Polis and the Colonies | History 8, Lesson 54 | Patrimony School

In this History 8 lesson, G-Pa teaches rhetoric-stage students (grade 8 and up) the history of the Greek polis and the colonies. A thousand miles of Greek cities, knit by the sea — later the highway of the Gospel. “…the authorities that exist are ordained by God.”

This week's virtue is discipline.

This week's memory verse:

“Every man who strives in the games exercises self-control in all things.” — 1 Corinthians 9:25

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In this lesson

Your student will:

Follow the history of The Greek Polis and the Colonies
The Greeks invented the polis — free citizens under law — and spread it in colonies by sea. God, author of order, prepared the Gospel-roads.
Place today's events on the timeline
Learn the memory verse: 1 Corinthians 9:25
Grow in the virtue of discipline
See how the history of the ancient world points forward to Christ

Source material

This course draws from P.V.N. Myers' Ancient History (1916 Ginn edition) — a classic American schoolbook that carried the story of the ancient world for generations of students. Patrimony School lightly modernizes it and reads it through a Christian lens: for the history of beginnings we read straight from the book of Genesis, and from Egypt onward Myers carries the spine, always weighed against Scripture. So parents always know where a lesson comes from.

Public-domain source:
https://archive.org/details/cu3192402...

A word for the home

This week we are growing in discipline. As you work through the Greek polis and the colonies together, let the memory verse settle in: “Every man who strives in the games exercises self-control in all things.” (1 Corinthians 9:25). A few faithful minutes a day is enough — God uses small, faithful repetition.

Your daily work

After the video, have your student:

1. Map the polis-world and colonies.
2. Learn: polis · citizen · colony · acropolis · agora.
3. Write: how ordered liberty reflects God’s design.
4. Say the memory verse: “Every man who strives in the games exercises self-control in all things.” (1 Corinthians 9:25)

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Materials mentioned

P.V.N. Myers, Ancient History (1916) — public-domain text:
https://archive.org/details/cu3192402...
A World English Bible (public domain) for the Scripture readings
A timeline or history notebook (the Adams Synchronological Chart pairs well)
Pencil and paper

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