The Hellenistic Age 10/13/2018 Ch. 5
The Hellenistic Map
Classical Art and Sculpture Figures are graceful, strong, and idealized They value order, balance, and proportion As time moved on, realism replaced idealism
Minoan ceramics
Greek Drama Tragedy vs. Comedy Masks, costumes, and chorus amphitheatres
Philosophy Socrates – questioned moral truths Plato – the perfect society (monarchy ruled by philosopher-kings) Aristotle – summarized knowledge
More Philosophy Sophists - questioned the gods and universal truth Stoicism (created by Zeno) – divine order of the world, emotions are bad Epicureanism – moderation in all things, harmony, and absence of pain (gods don’t care)
Olympic Games 776 B.C. Dedicated to the God, Zeus Competed in the nude to show human perfection and honor the gods
Alexandria, Egypt The most celebrated Hellenistic city Museums, libraries, lighthouse, Greek fire ???
Astronomy Aristarchus – heliocentrism Ptolemy – earth is the center of the universe Eratosthenes – figured the earth’s circumference using geometry
Mathematics and Physics Euclid – geometry textbook The Elements Archimedes – value of π, strength of levers, Archimedes screw, catapult
Archimedes
Herodotus, Themistocles, Thucydides
Islamic portrayal of Aristotle teaching
Hellenistic Architecture