Golden Age of Athens

Olympics games held in honor of Zeus at Olympia began in 776 BC held every 4 years for over 1000 years

drama literary form that is performed by actors invented in Athens world’s first actor: Thespis two main categories: –tragedy –comedy

Greek literature Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey –Illustrates Ideals of courage, intelligence and strength –

Greek Art Focused on accurately portraying human form Depicted shifting weight and movement

Myron’s Discobolos Classical

Hellenistic

Greek architecture Greek architecture revolved around the Colum

Doric

Peloponnesian War ( BC) 27-year war between Athens and Sparta

27-year war between Athens and Sparta Athens was weakened by a plague Sparta eventually won Athens was no longer the dominant city-state Golden Age of Athens ends

history the Greeks were the first to write history world’s first historians: –Herodotus (484–c. 425 BC) considered the father of history wrote the history of the Persian Wars –Thucydides (c. 460–c. 400 BC) wrote the history of the Peloponnesian War