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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME
GREECE
PLATO’S ACADEMY
Plato organized a college that would meet for lectures and discussions, called the Academy.
The center for philosophical training and research. Forerunner of today’s think tanks.
Closed because it was not a Christian
school
PLATO’S
ACADEMY
C.387 B.C.-A.D.
529
Peloponnesian War 431-404 B.C.
PROLONGED
CONFLICT
ATHENS VS.
SPARTA
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SPARTA 431 B.C.-404 B.C.
Sparta had the best army in Greece.
Athenians had naval supremacy and power other Greek
city-states.
ROMAN
EMPIRE
ROMAN EMPIRE 27 B.C.A.D.1453
Gained Power through its superior
command of:
Communication
Transportation
Military might under (Augustus’s rule)
ROMAN EMPIRE
Decline began due to:
Military defeats
Pestilence
Poor Government
ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME
1. What elements of ancient Greek culture have influenced
modern Western civilization?
2. What are some characteristics of Greek literature,
including drama and lyric poetry?
3. How did Roman culture exert its influence over much of
Europe?
4. What are the main characteristics of Roman literature,
religion, and philosophy?
HEROIC AGE
KING MINOS OF CRETE,
SUPPOSEDLY SACRIFICED
TWELVE YOUNG MEN AND
WOMEN EACH YEAR TO FEED A
HALF-MAN, HALF BULL
MONSTER CALLED MINOTAUR.
MINOANS WERE PEACEFUL
MYCENEANS WERE BOTH
AGGRESSIVE AND
ENTERPRISING
EPIC AGE
Greeks developed a script for their language, based on a
system borrowed from the Phoenicians.
Alphabet, named for its two initial letters, alpha and beta.
Greek Poetry-Iliad and the Odyssey
GREEK ALPHABET
Fraternities and Sororities
CITY-STATES
Community
Polis (politics) Ruled by a King
Superiority
Olympic Games brought the main Greek city-states in
contact.
Played every four years at Olympia in honor of the god Zeus
CITY-STATES
Sparta-Spartans
Athens-Athenians
Corinth-Corinthians
Argos-Argive
Megara- Megarians
GREEK AND ROMAN MYTHS
Eponym- is a person — either mythical or real
— from whose name the name of a nation,
idea, or term has been derived.
Achilles’ heel
Midas touch
Pandora’s box
LYRIC AGE
Lyric Poetry flourished seventh – fifth centuries B.C.
It didn’t tell of the heroic deeds of warriors and gods.(Epic)
It was brief, intensely personal, emotional, and down-toearth.
DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT
Rule by the people
Established by the Athenians
PERICLES
Great General & Statesman( Politician)
Guided the fortunes of Athens for more than
three decades
Organized the campaign to build the
Parthenon
AUTHORS
Aeschylus
Sophocles
Euripides
GREEK DRAMA
Profound questions about: human suffering, individual free will,
moral responsibility, and the limits of knowledge.
* Sophocles Oedipus Rex (Tragedy)
Tragedy derived from the Greek words tragos (goat) and ode
(song)
Tragedy: a main character, often of noble birth, who strives to
achieve something and is ultimately defeated.
Oedipus Complex
GREEK PHILOSOPHERS
Socrates- lover of wisdom
Plato-freedom of conscience, the nature of reality,
the existence of the soul, ideal government, and
the way to lead a virtuous and happy life
Aristotle-logic, ethics, political theory, rhetoric, and
biology
ROMAN LITERATURE
Soldiers
Administrators
Engineers
Values: Order, thrift, ambition, and loyalty
Pietas (duty to family) Piety
Gravitas (seriousness of conduct and purpose) Gravity
Fides (patriotism and loyalty) Fidelity
ROMANS
Julius Caesar
Augustus
Tiberius
Caligula
Claudius
Nero
COLOSSEUM
REVIEW
What are the earliest surviving works of Greek poetry?
Name one way in which people of the greek city-states fostered a
common identity?
Why did Greek culture thrive even after the decline of Athens?
What form of government did Rome have before becoming an
empire?
What was the primary philosophical belief of the Epicureans? of
the Stoics?