Alexander’s Empire
Split into four empires
Split into four empires – Political legacy
Hellenistic Era Means “imitate the Greeks.” Greek culture spread. Found cities Alexandria in Egypt Follow Greek style and components Art: more realistic Literature Huge libraries in Alexandria and Perganum Apollonius write Argonautica Theocritus – short poems about nature Comedies are not political (Menander)
Science/Math Philosophy Eratosthenes – Round earth. Measured the earth. Euclid – Wrote a textbook about geometry – called Elements Archimedes – Geometry of spheres and cylinders; Discovered value of pi; Displacement; “Archimedes’ screw” Philosophy Epicurus = Epicureanism: free to follow self- interest to be happy. Be free of worry and turmoil. Zeno = Stoicism: happiness by living in harmony with the will of the gods.