Pre-Quiz Bellringer: Get your notebook in order for the Notebook Quiz today. It is on pages

Post-Quiz Bellringer: On a sheet of paper, brainstorm ideas to answer the question below. When everyone is done with the quiz, talk to your neighbors about your ideas. Be prepared to offer points for discussion with the whole class. What does a civilization need in order to experience a “Golden Age”?

Table of Contents Update: 61: Notes: Golden Age of Athens 62: Notebook Quiz #2

Homework: Read the Greek Culture section (pages 51-56) from the AP textbook. You should “reactive” read this (annotations, highlighting, etc.).

The Golden Age of Athens Ms. Allen Pre-AP WHI

The Start of the Golden Age The Persian Wars ( BC) were decisive in the history of the West.  Greece wins! Had the Greeks been defeated, today’s Western world would look different!  The cultural and political vitality we associate and inherit from the Greeks would never have evolved. The Persian Wars propelled Athens to its “Golden Age.”

Setting the Stage for the Golden Age 477 to 431 BC: Intellectual & artistic learning greatly increased During the GOLDEN AGE: Drama, sculpture, poetry, science architecture, philosophy, etc. promoted and advances in Greece

Enter Pericles Pericles = central political figure in Athens during the Golden Age More “behind the scenes” influence Credited with making Athens a cultural center Developed public works (Parthenon)

Enter Pericles: How did Pericles earn credibility as a ruler? Leader of a faction of government that favored spreading democracy at home and abroad. He also stressed including all classes Fought in the Battle of Salamis

Enter Pericles: What role did Pericles play in Athenian government? How did he further this role? Expanded involvement of Athenians in democracy.  Lower class citizens eligible for office Generals could be reelected without limit (helped him stay in power).

Politics and Government: Nature of Athenian Democracy Three main bodies:  Assembly- all citizens eligible to take part in government  The Council of 500- wrote the laws that would be voted on by the Assembly  Complex Court Systems- 6,000 people from the Assembly would hear trials and sentence criminals. The Archon- served as chief of state (9 elected)  Head of both the Council of 500 and Assembly, elected for one year term

Politics and Government: Definition of Athenian Citizen CITIZEN = Only free men over the age of 30 who completed military training; typically land-owning.  Only about 10% of population could participate in government affairs.  Vote in all elections  Serve in office if elected  Serve on juries  Serve in military during war

Greek Drama Tragedies, plays that told stories of human suffering that usually ended in disaster.  Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides Comedies, humorous plays that mocked people or customs.  Aristophanes

Characteristics of Plays Comedy Use of grotesque masks and obscene jokes to entertain. Tragedy Contained a suffering hero and usually ended in disaster.

Purpose or Agenda of Plays Criticizing the government Address contemporary social issues. Good and evil Conflict between spiritual values and demands of the state

Art Statues very lifelike and active.

What were the techniques that made Greek sculpture unique? More relaxed/flexible style. Faces showed feeling and attitude Ideal standard of beauty in figures. Ideal proportions found through mathematical ratios.

History & Science History  Herodotus “first historian” or “father of history”  Writes about the Persian Wars  Thucydides showed the need to avoid bias.  Will write about the Peloponnesian Wars  Considered a “scientific” historian Medicine  Hippocrates & the Hippocratic Oath – all patients must be treated regardless of class

End is near: Golden Age isn’t all golden Athens’ rapid growth and achievement alarmed Greece. City-states felt threatened by Athens’ imperial attitude. Will lead to formation of Peloponnesian League by the Spartans and eventually the Peloponnesian War