honors world history...honors world history •in the textbook read pgs. 134-139 •under each...

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

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.

The Golden Age of

Greece

World History Unit 1

Chapter 5 Sec. 3

Classical Greece

Golden Agethe 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 hemlock-

a 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

idealismstate of perfection

Ideal, Not Real

Perfection and Balance

in

History

Herodotus• “Father of History”

– first to treat historical subjects

as a method of investigation

• He wrote with objectivity –eliminating bias or favoritism

– reported on Greco-Persian Wars

• Gather multiple sources and write a narrative

– FYI 300 was about the Battle of Thermopylae during the Persian Wars.

– This was also where the battle of Marathon happened. A soldier ran 25 miles to announce the Athenians defeat of the Persians in the battle.

Peloponnesian Wars

• Sparta and Athens will go to war with each

other in the Peloponnesian Wars fought

between 431-404 BCE.

• These wars were about battle for

dominance of Southern Greece. Even

though technically Sparta won, it severely

damaged both city-states. Because of this

and their defeats by the Persians, thisbled

them to bevulnerable to invasion from

other groups…

Perfection and Balance

in

Theatre

• drama [based on popular myth]

– ie. Hercules (goal to become a god –perfection)

– ie. Oedipus (sleeps with mother and disturbs perfect bloodline)

• tragedy

• comedy

perfection perfection

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