Download Ancient Greece Golden Age

Warm-Up
1. List two ways that Athens was different
than Sparta
2. What is a Greek ‘Polis’?
3. List one invention the Greeks came up
with.
4. The Greek “religion” was based upon
______, stories that were passed down
over time about all their gods.
Honors World History
• In the Textbook read pgs. 134-139
• Under each section (history, art etc) write 2-3
facts about each topic & how it was during the
Greek Golden Age.
• Topics of interest:
– How did things change
– What did it look like
– How did it evolve
– What was unique about it
The Golden Age of
Greece
World History Unit 1
By Mrs. Rhinehart
Classical Greece
Golden Age
the height of a civilization’s intellectual accomplishment and
economic productivity
Athens before Pericles…
• Athens had just lost a 9 year battle with
Sparta.
• The people lost confidence in the democratic
system of government & began to question
their values.
• In this time of uncertainty, several great
thinkers appeared. The Greeks called them
Philosophers which means ‘lovers of
wisdom’.
Perfection and Balance
in
Philosophy
Socrates
• Socratic Questioning – allows
student to arrive at own
conclusions by asking questions!
– He would ask students a series of
leading questions to show that people
hold many contradictory opinions.
• Socrates had a goal of realizing
perfect and ethical human behavior
and teaching that to his students.
Socrates on Trial
• Charged with corrupting
the youth and neglecting
the cities gods.
• The outcome of the trial
was voted on (what city
was the trial likely in??)
– The verdict????
– Death by drinking hemlocka slow acting poison 
Plato
• A student of Socrates
– denounced democracy
because of the death of
Socrates
– left Greece after Socrates death.
• Wrote The Republic- were he
set forth his vision of a
perfectly governed society.
– A philosopher king
• Established first institution
of higher learning called
the Academy, in 387 BCE.
Aristotle
• A student at Plato’s Academy
• Tutored Alexander the Great
(Macedonian King)
• Perfect human path =
moderation
• “golden mean” – desirable goal
between two extremes (one
being excess the other being
deficiency)
Perfection and Balance
in
Architecture
• Greeks were the first to
use advanced math to
construct Columns &
Arches for their buildings.
Pericles’ (ruler of Athens during the Golden Age), goal was to
have the greatest artists and architects,
create magnificent sculptures and buildings,
to glorify Athens.
He had them build Temples dedicated to gods
and goddesses
Parthenon- built to honor Athena. The
goddess of wisdom & protector of Athens.
part of Parthenon frieze (marble sculpture at
the top of the Parthenon)
Acropolis—fortress of Athens
Athens Agora—central spot or
gathering place
Temple of Aphrodisias
(Aphrodite—Goddess of Love)
Perfection and Balance
in
Art
Pre-Classical
Greek statue
idealism
state of perfection
Ideal, Not Real
Perfection and Balance
in
History
Herodotus
• “Father of History”
• objectivity – eliminating
bias or favoritism
• reported on GrecoPersian Wars
• Gather multiple sources
and write a narrative
Perfection and Balance
in
Theatre
• drama [based on
popular myth]
– ie. Hercules (goal
to become a god –
perfectionperfection)
– ie. Oedipus (sleeps
with mother and
disturbs perfect
bloodline)
• tragedy
• comedy
voice amplification and anonymity
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