Golden Age of Greece BC

50 years it lasted… Athens –growth in learning Intellectual –Philosophy –Science Artistic –Drama –Sculpture Called the Golden Age Inspired people around the world.

Pericles Led Athens during Golden Age ( bc) Skillful politician and general Very inspiring man! Honest and fair! Golden Age also known as the Age of Pericles

3 Goals of Pericles Stronger Democracy More can be involved in government Increased direct democracy - citizens rule Strengthen Empire Navy Glorify Athens Buy gold, ivory, marble Parthenon

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Parthenon The center of Pericles plan 23,000 square feet – traditional style

Classical Art of Greece Ideal beauty, not realism Harmony, order, balance and proportion

Greek Art (Painting) Showed everyday life and mythological events Depicted graceful and natural movements of subjects

Greek Drama Greeks invented as an art form –Civic pride and tribute to gods –Leadership, justice and duties owed to gods –Danced, sang, recited poetry

Tragedies Serious – love, hate, war, betrayal Main character -->struggles against fate, loses

Comedies Mock People/ideas - main character solves problems Often crude humor

Theaters Built into hillsides

Athens/Sparta go to war Athens dominates Delian League Sparta not happy about that Sparta and Athens know tensions will lead to war—see it as inevitable. Sparta declared war and marched into Athens Know as Peloponnesian War

Peloponnesian War

First year –Sparta burns Athens food supply –Athens (Pericles) brings the people into the city They bring in food by sea

425 B.C. 2 nd year of the war, a plague swept the city Killed 1/3 of population Pericles too… Athens continues to fight several years Truce signed in 421 B.C. Truce doesn’t last

415 B.C. Athens sent fleet to Sicily –20,000 soldiers Sicily one of Sparta’s biggest allies Big defeat for Athens Fight for 9 more years Athens surrenders in 404 B.C.

Search for truth After War: Many lost confidence in the democratic government Philosophers – “lovers of wisdom” appeared

Philosophers Sophists –Questioned traditional beliefs Justice Traditional Values Gods –Protogaras »Dangerous Ideas to Athenians

Philosophers Socrates –Believed in absolute standards –Encouraged Greeks to question and examine Selves Values –Brought to trial for corrupting youth of Athens Condemned to death by jury

Philosophers Plato –Student of Socrates –Wrote Socrates teachings –The Republic Ideal Society

Philosophers Aristotle –Nature of World –Human Belief –Thought/Knowledge –Invented method of arguing according to logic He applied to sciences: psychology, physics, biology Basis of modern scientific method –Taught Alexander the Great as a youth