2. Pericles, 495-429 BC  Pericles becomes leader of the Athenian Empire  Democracy prevails in Athens  Ambitious leaders were OSTRACIZED : exiled for ten years by a vote of the people

3. The Acropolis of Athens

4. The Parthenon of Athena  Dedicated to Athens’ patron goddess, Athena  Now seen as a symbol of the glory of Greece  Ancient Athenians hated it  Link to: The Parthenon and the Acropolis Link to: The Parthenon and the Acropolis

5. Playwrights and Theatre Sophocles, TragedyAristophanes, Comedy

6. Theatre Euripides, TragedyGoing to the plays  Plays were held once a week  2 or 3 plays were always shown  Greek tragedies were always trilogies!  Drama/Tragedy and a Comedy  Many of these plays are still performed!

7. Theatre at Epidaurus, 14000

8. The Philosophers  The Sophists believed that individuals should work to improve themselves through:  Education and Rhetoric: the art of persuasive speaking  Debate  Socratic Method: question-and-answer format to lead students to solve problems for themselves  Philosophers would hire themselves out as teachers

9. The Triad of Philosophers

10. Socrates, Plato, Aristotle  Socrates believed all knowledge is already within you, critical examination brings it out  Is put to death in 399  Plato, student of Socrates  The Republic: lays out his views of government  Allegory of the Cave: philosophy frees us to see what is real  Creates the legend of Atlantis  Aristotle, student of Plato  Politics: 3 forms of government – monarchy, aristocracy and constitutional government  Believed constitutional government was the best

11. Aristotle, Herodotus, Thucydides  “Man, by nature, is a political animal”  The goal of the polis is to avoid injustice and allow people to live a good life -Aristotle  Herodotus and Thucydides are the fathers of written history  Herodotus writes The Histories  Thucydides writes History of the Peloponnesian War

12. The Fathers of History HerodotusThucydides

13. The Peloponnesian War  Athens and Sparta go to war against each other in 431 BC  The rest of Greece becomes very suspicious of Athens’ power  Athens wanted to stay behind its walls, Sparta wanted an open fight  Plague breaks out in Athens forcing them to fight  War drags out for close to 30 years  Athenian navy destroyed in 405 BC  Athens is besieged and defeated in 404 BC

14. The Fall of Greece  The Peloponnesian War leaves Greece weak and vulnerable  The infighting between Athens and Sparta allows the rise of Macedonia to go unnoticed…

15. Summarize  In your interactive notebook, at the bottom of your notes page, write a short paragraph about today’s lesson. Write about:  What the main idea of the lesson was  AND what you learned today.  Your summary should be able to explain today’s lesson to someone who was not in class today.