1. Section 1: Greek Art of the Golden Age
CHAPTER 6
Greece’s Golden and Hellenistic Ages
Section 1: Greek Art of the Golden Age
Section 2: Philosophers and Writers of the Golden Age
Section 3: Alexander the Great
Section 4: The Spread of Hellenistic Culture

2. SECTION 1
Greek Art of the Golden Age
Question:
What are some characteristics and examples of art from the golden age?

3. Greek Art of the Golden Age
SECTION 1
Greek Art of the Golden Age
Examples/Artists
Characteristics
balanced proportions; columns; statues
Architecture:
Parthenon
everyday life and myths; graceful, natural movement; light, shade show contour, depth
Painting:
vases
showed how people lived and worked; early figures were stiff and unnatural; later figures were lifelike, natural
Sculpture:
steles; Myron’s The Discuss Thrower; statues by Phidias; Praxiteles

4. Question: What were some Greek contributions to science and medicine?
SECTION 2
Philosophers and Writers of the Golden Age
Question:
What were some Greek contributions to science and medicine?

5. Greek Science and Medicine
SECTION 2
Philosophers and Writers of the Golden Age
Greek Science and Medicine
Scientists
Contribution
Pythagoras
Pythagorean theorem
foundations for anatomy, botany, zoology; classification
Aristotle
Hippocrates
medical studies, cures

6. SECTION 4
The Spread of Hellenistic Culture
Question:
Who were some of the philosophers of Hellenistic Greece, and what were their beliefs?

7. The Spread of Hellenistic Culture
SECTION 4
The Spread of Hellenistic Culture
Cynicism
Skepticism
Stoicism
Epicureanism
Diogenes
Pyrrho
Zeno
Epicurus
live simply; no regard for wealth, pleasure, status
changing universe; uncertain knowledge; acceptance
divine reason directs world; acceptance of fate
seek pleasure; avoid pain; limit desires to avoid suffering

8. Chapter Wrap-Up CHAPTER 6
1. In what way did the rise of Macedon under Phillip II influence unity among the Greek city-states?
2. How did new ideas of what it meant to be Greek influence the growth of Hellenistic culture?
3. Why was the Hellenistic Age a time of economic prosperity for many?