Democracy and Greece’s Golden Age Kaderli/Frain Democracy and Greece’s Golden Age
A. Pericles - Three Goals for Athens 1. Make Athens more democratic – uses direct democracy 2. Make Athens stronger – steals money from Delian League to make Athens navy the strongest 3. Make Athens beautiful – bought gold, ivory & marble Democracy in Greece
B. Greek Styles in Art 1. Parthenon – inside stood a giant statue of Athena. Graceful figures who show no emotion. 2. Classical art – order, balance and proportion.
C. Greek Drama Theatre 1. Athens became the home to a group of playwrights. Some wrote tragedies (pain/ suffering) Other wrote comedies (satires)
D. Peloponnesian War 1. Sparta and Athens historical enemies 2. 431 BC Athens loses to Sparta. 3. End of Athenian Empire
E. Philosophers – search for truth 1.Socrates – believed in absolute standards of truth and justice. a. Questioned authority = trouble b. Convicted of corrupting youth by teaching them to question Sentenced to death
Philosophers (cont’d) Socrates and Plato 2.Plato – student of Socrates, fascinated with the question of reality a. Wrote The Republic 3. Aristotle – Plato’s student a. Interested in analyzing and classifying things based on observation and investigation
Parthenon
Democracy and Greece’s Golden Age
A. Pericles - Three Goals for Athens 1. _____________________ _____________– uses direct democracy 2. Make Athens __________ – steals money from Delian League to make Athens _____ ________________________ 3. Make Athens __________ – bought gold, ivory & marble Democracy in Greece
B. Greek Styles in Art 1. _____________ – inside stood a giant _________________. Graceful figures who show no emotion. 2. ____________– order, ________ and proportion.
C. Greek Drama Theatre Some wrote ____________ (pain/ suffering) 1. Athens became the ___________ ____________________________ Some wrote ____________ (pain/ suffering) Other wrote _____________(satires)
D. ______________War 2. 431 BC Athens _____________. 1. Sparta and Athens ________ ______________ 2. 431 BC Athens _____________. 3. End of Athenian Empire
E._____________– search for truth 1.________– believed in absolute standards of ___________________ a. Questioned authority = _____________ b. Convicted of corrupting youth by __________________________________ Sentenced to ____________
Philosophers (cont’d) Socrates and Plato 2._________ – _______ ___________, fascinated with the question of reality a. Wrote _______________ 3. Aristotle – ___________ ________________ a. Interested in _______ ___________________based on observation and investigation
Parthenon