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BellringerJanuary 10, 2011. Grab your clicker Take out Chapter 5 Notes Guide Turn in your Alexander Empire Map into the basket. Review of Chapter 4. Chapter 5, Section 4 The Spread of Greek Culture . January 10 , 20121. Objective. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Bellringer January 10, 2011
Grab your clicker
Take out Chapter 5 Notes Guide
Turn in your Alexander Empire Map into the basket
Review of Chapter 4
JANUARY 10 , 20121
Chapter 5, Section 4The Spread of Greek
Culture
Objective
Today, we will be learning about the spread of Greek culture.
Greek Culture Spreads
Greek Culture SpreadsAlexandria:
*B/c the center for learning
*Had a library w/500,000 scrolls
*Researchers flocked
Hellenistic kingdoms had to be built or rebuilt.
Architects built baths, theaters, & temples along the streets.
*Hellenistic kings & wealthy citizens paid handsomely for statues & temples.
Money was also spent to support literature.
Appolonius of Rhodes wrote Argonautica.
Greek Culture Spreads
Argonautica: *Jason & band of
heroes *Search for ram w/
golden fleece.
Theocritus *Wrote short poems
about the beauty of nature
Philosophy
Philosophy
Epicureanism: *Founded by Epicurus *Happiness was the
goal of life *To be happy seek
pleasure *Pleasure = friends &
not worrying *Thus no politics
Philosophy
Stoicism *Developed by Zeno *Taught at the
“painted porch” *Happiness from
reason & doing your duty, not emotions
*Stoic today = not affected by joy or grief
Greek Science and Math
Greek Science and Math
*Astronomers study stars, planets, and other heavenly bodies.
Aristarchus: *An astronomer *Believed that the sun
was at the center of the universe & the Earth circle it
Others rejected this idea
Greek Science and Math
Eratosthenes: *In charge of the
library of Alexandria *Earth is round *Measured the
diameter of the Earth *Shadows
Greek Science and Math
Euclid *Most famous Greek
mathematician *Elements & plane
geometry *The branch of math
that shows how points, lines, angles, & surfaces relate to one another
Greek Science and Math
Archimedes *Most famous scientist
of Hellenistic Era *Solid geometry – the
study of spheres & cylinders
*Value of pi *Catapults
Review
Homework