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Religion, Philosophy, and the Arts
Ch 11 Sec 3-4
Key Terms
• Define: polytheism, mythology, hypothesis,
Hippocratic Oath
The Golden Age of Athens
• 478-431 BC
• Athens grew rich from trade and silver
mining
• Athens collected a tribute which added to
its wealth
• Pericles was the most powerful man in
politics and supported democracy
*He issued many reforms
Religious Beliefs
• Worshipped the 12 Olympians
• Built temples to the Gods which had human
forms and human characteristics, but they were
immortal
• These gods and goddesses lived on Mount
Olympus
• Also honored lesser gods and mythical heroes
Brainpop: Gods and goddesses with handout
Some Gods and Goddesses
Religious Beliefs
• People of Greece looked to their
gods/goddesses for advice.
• They visited oracles located throughout
Greece
• The advice would be received through
dreams or riddles
The Search for Knowledge
• Thales: one of the first philosophers;
everything made up of water
• Democritus: everything made up of atoms
Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle
• Socrates: spoke
of goodness and
wisdom
*He challenged
beliefs and was brought
to trial where he was
accused of dishonoring
the gods and sentenced to death
• Plato: student of Socrates
*Wrote The Republic which spoke of society
• Aristotle: student of Plato
*Reason should guide pursuit of knowledge
The Parthenon
• A temple to Athena, made of marble, ivory,
and gold
• Built on the new acropolis
• The statue of Athena disappeared long
ago, but the depicted
scenes still remain
• These scenes show
Greek art
Dramas
• The Greeks wrote the 1st plays
• Many of these plays were tragedies
• Euripides, Aeschylus, and Sophocles were
famous tragedy writers
Comedies
• Competed with tragedies
• The comedies made fun of citizens
• Aristophanes is the most famous
Section handout
Look deeply at section 4 (Ch 11)
Greek god/goddess project