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Ancient Greece – The Golden Age
What is a Golden Age? _____________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________. Greek city-states united to form a group of allies, or
____________________________________, against Persia, a common enemy. ___________________________ led
southern city-states in the Peloponnesian League. This alliance made them stronger. They defeated the
Persians twice, and both times they were outnumbered. What kind of ship did the Greek sailors use?
_____________________________ After the Persian war, Athens allied with city-states from Attica, Asia Minor,
and Aegean Islands to form the ____________________________________________________________________.
~ _________________________________________ was elected leader of the Athenian government in 460 B.C.E.
He introduced pay for ________________________________________________, and gave ____________________
citizens of any class the right to hold nearly any gov’t office. Because Pericles was a _______________________,
or supporter, of writing, learning and the arts, Athens became a cultural center. During the Golden Age,
learning and the Arts flourished. Serious plays with unhappy endings, called ____________________________,
were written by _____________________________________. Aristophanes wrote ___________________________
that made people laugh, because they poked fun at leaders. Pericles supported historians such as
____________________________________, who wrote about the Persian War. A great scientist from the Golden
Age was _____________________________________. He is known for writing a code of behavior for
________________________________ called the ________________________________________ oath.
~ Pericles wanted Athens to be more powerful, so he sent soldiers to conquer _____________________________
lands. He also forced Delian League allies to pay ___________________________________ to Athens as a price
for peace and protection. This made Sparta and other city-states wage war against Athens and its allies in the
____________________________________________________________________. When the Spartans and their
allies held the surrounding areas of Athens, people moved from the country to the city. In 430 B.C.E., the
__________________________________, a deadly contagious disease, broke out and spread quickly throughout
the city, killing many people, including Pericles. For 27 years, the Athenians fought the Spartans. Without the
wise leadership of Pericles, some people began to follow ______________________________________________,
leaders who stir up the feelings and fears of people to gain power, sometimes by telling them lies. Athens
surrendered to Sparta in 404 B.C.E.
~ Greek philosophers in Athens were considered _____________________________________________________.
Men such as _____________________________ and Plato were disappointed in Athenian leaders. One of
Socrates’ students, Plato, started an ______________________________ to teach future rulers how to govern
well. ___________________________________________ entered Plato’s academy at the age of 18. He went on
to teach Alexander the Great.