1. Title: Pericles Source: The History of the Peloponnesian War

2. Greece: The Golden Age Leader – Pericles: 1. Elected leader of Athens for 32 years. 2. Moved Athens towards a more democratic government by: a. codified laws b. created jury duty c. removed restrictions on office holding (poor could participate)

3. Greece: The Golden Age 3. Created the Delian League – alliance of city-states to continue defense against Persia. [did not include Sparta] 4. Made Athens the strongest naval power in the Mediterranean.

5. Greece: The Golden Age 5. Beautified Athens – Parthenon [took 15 years to build]

6. Achievements 1. Classical Art – established the principles of order, balance and proportion; focused on the gods and heroes.

7. Achievements 2. Drama and Theater – 1 st people to write and perform plays; Performed by all male actors in outdoor theaters. a. Tragedy writers – Sophocles [Oedipus Rex] & Euripides [The Trojan Women] b. Comedy writer – Aristophanes [satire]

8. Greek Theater

9. Achievements 3. Modern Mathematics and Science a. Pythagoras of Samos – principles of geometry b. Hippocrates – natural causes of diseases, physicians oath c. Democritus – basic composition of matter

10. Achievements 4. Philosophy – produced some of the most remarkable ideas the world has known. a. Socrates – developed the Socratic method (teaching/learning by asking questions)

11. Socrates

12. Achievements b. Plato – built his own school – The Academy; wrote down his philosophy in The Republic – his vision of a perfect government.

13. Achievements c. Aristotle – went on a quest for truth in many subjects – math, history, science, etc…; applied logic and reason to these subjects; developed the syllogism (every truth is followed logically from other truths) ex. – if a=b and b=c then a=c

14. Aristotle