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Classical Greece 1

Announcements (Friday, Sept. 17) Map Quiz II on Wed, Sept. 22 Greek & Roman world Primary Sources for Mon, Sept. 20: “Ideal & Reality in Classical Athens” (Wiesner, chap 3) Today’s class = Virtual! Classical Greece Philosophy Athens vs. Sparta Gender 2

Legacy of Greece (Classroom summary) Language Fraternity names; beta version; Alpha Omega watches Mathematics Pythagorean theorem; Euclid’s geometry Architecture Neo-classical; columns Drama Tragedy & Comedy; Oedipus Rex, Aristophanes, Sophocles Epic literature Iliad, Odyssey Astronomy Zodiac signs Democracy Assembly; citizens; referendum; ostracism Athletics Olympics; heptathlon; 26.2 miles Cuisine Spanakopita; baklava; gyros Philosophy Plato, Aristotle, rational 3

3 Themes in Classical Greece Public Life: –Agora; Assembly; Chorus; Male Space Rationalism –Emphasis upon logic, balance –Aristotle and scientific analysis; Thucydides and historical analysis; Individualism/Heroism –Homeric heroes; geographic determinism; Sophocles on individual vs. community 4

Philosophy Rational > spiritual Natural science and humankind = focus Socratic, Platonist, Aristotelian, Epicurean, Hedonist, Cynic, Stoic, etc. 5

Philosophy in Ancient Greece Abstract > divine explanations Archaic (natural) vs. Classical (human) Philosopher = one who seeks knowledge; scholar, thinker –“philo” = strong attraction to something (e.g., philharmonic, bibliophile) –“sophia” = knowledge (e.g., sophomore, sophisticated) 6

Socrates ( BC) “Socratic method” of teaching Gadfly Teacher of Plato & other young men Poisoned by hemlock 7

Plato ( BC) Ideal > real; “forms” The Republic = utopia –Communal property –No nuclear family –Guardians = philosophers “platonic relationships” The Academy Aristotle’s teacher 8

Aristotle ( BC) Systematic thinker in range of fields Physics, metaphysics, biology, botany, zoology, rhetoric, politics, logic, music, astronomy, chemistry, geology… Analytical, empirical Favors hierarchy & function Tutor of Alexander the Great Founder of Lyceum Influences Aquinas, Dante, Machiavelli, Copernicus, Galileo, John Locke, et al. Still relevant today…. 9

“School of Athens” 10

Plato & Aristotle 11

Socrates w/ Xenophon & Alcibiades Heraclitus/Michelangelo 12

Athens vs. Sparta 13

Sparta vs. Athens What do you already know of these two societies? 14

Sparta vs. Athens An eternal debate…. –Liberty vs. security –Freedom vs. equality –Individual vs. community –Creativity vs. stability –Free market vs. safety net 15

Sparta Pro and con Spartan families Spartan soldiers Spartan women Spartan state 16

Athens “birthplace of democracy” “locus of classical civilization” (theatre, literature, architecture…) Yet also a greedy imperialist power…. Solon (archon) Pisitratus (tyrant) Cleisthenes Pericles (orator) 17

Gender in Classical Greece What was the status of women? –Domestic sphere –Fertility and submissiveness –Aristotle: “imperfect men”, polarity –v. limited inheritance, no suffrage –Yet Sparta offers a visible contrast…. 18

Gender in Classical Greece Amazon/Aphrodite = uncontrolled woman Persephone/Penelope = ideal wife. 19

Gender in Classical Greece Aristotle’s polarity: Male/female Hot/cold Good/evil Light/dark Odd/even One/many Rest/motion Civilization/nature Rational/irrational 20

Geography of Ancient Greece 21

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