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Greece’s Golden Age
480-430 B.C.
Pericles
“No one, so long as he has it in him to be of service to the state, is
kept in political obscurity because of poverty.”
461-429 B.C.
 Three Goals for Athens
 Strengthen Athenian Democracy
 Strengthen the Empire
 Glorify Athens
 Can you imagine McCain or Obama using this as their
campaign slogan?
Pericles
461-429 B.C.
How He Did It…
 Paid public officials & instituted Direct
Democracy…
 Why?
 Commissioned a 200 ship Navy to control
the waterways and increase trade…
 Where?
 Spent large amounts of money to beautify
Athens…
 What?
Did You Know?
 Only men could perform on stage for the Tragedy’s or
comedy's. “awkward love scenes”
 In 1687 the Parthenon was used to store gunpowder, a
Venetian general bombarded temple; the powder exploded
and destroyed most of the temple. “not to smart”
 Early Greek Olympics were done in the nude, and only men
participated…”sounds dangerous”
Which U.S. state is named after a Greek Island?
Spartans Vs. Athenians
Peloponnesian War
431 - 404 B.C.
 Athens – Naval and Trade Superiority
 Sparta –Very difficult to attack from sea, stronger ground
troops
Sparta Gains an Advantage
Two Major Setbacks for the Athenians…
 The unidentified Plague
 Decimated Athens population…but spared the Spartan Military and City of this
fate….why? Clue…Ethiopia, Libya, & Egypt where also heavily affected…
 Athens sent 27,000 soldiers to Syracuse, one of Sparta’s wealthiest allies, in
413 B.C.
 The force was destroyed w/ total destruction
Athens held out for another 9 years before surrendering to Sparta in 404 B.C.
Socrates
469-399 B.C.
“There is only one good, knowledge; and
one evil, ignorance.”
“The unexamined life is not worth living.”
 Arguably one of the most influential thinkers in
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Socratic Method
People were forced to think about their values
and beliefs.
The Apology
Never wrote anything down…
Plato
427-347 B.C.
“Philosophy begins with wonder.”
“The first and most important victory is self.”
 Studied under Socrates
 Recorded all of Socrates conversations
 The Republic
Aristotle
384-322 B.C.
“To perceive is to suffer”
“Education is the best provision for old age.”
 Studied under Plato
 Advanced the fields of psychology, physics,
biology, and theology
 Treatises on Logic
Alexander the Great
456-323 B.C.
 Studied under Aristotle
 From Macedonia
 King at the age of 20
 13 year campaign that blended the
cultures of Greek – Persia – Egyptian,
through conquest.
 Founded the city Alexandria at the mouth
of the Nile, after being crowned pharaoh.
 Died without an heir, the empire was
divided amongst his strongest generals.
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