1. Democracy and Greece’s Golden Age
Kaderli/Frain
Democracy and Greece’s Golden Age

2. A. Pericles - Three Goals for Athens
1. Make Athens more democratic – uses direct democracy
2. Make Athens stronger – steals money from Delian League to make Athens navy the strongest
3. Make Athens beautiful – bought gold, ivory & marble
Democracy in Greece

3. B. Greek Styles in Art
1. Parthenon – inside stood a giant statue of Athena. Graceful figures who show no emotion.
2. Classical art – order, balance and proportion.

4. C. Greek Drama Theatre
1. Athens became the home to a group of playwrights.
Some wrote tragedies (pain/ suffering)
Other wrote comedies (satires)

5. D. Peloponnesian War 1. Sparta and Athens historical enemies
BC Athens loses to Sparta.
3. End of Athenian Empire

6. E. Philosophers – search for truth
1.Socrates – believed in absolute standards of truth and justice.
a. Questioned authority = trouble
b. Convicted of corrupting youth by teaching them to question
Sentenced to death

7. Philosophers (cont’d) Socrates and Plato
2.Plato – student of Socrates, fascinated with the question of reality
a. Wrote The Republic
3. Aristotle – Plato’s student
a. Interested in analyzing and classifying things based on observation and investigation

8. Parthenon

10. Democracy and Greece’s Golden Age

11. A. Pericles - Three Goals for Athens
1. _____________________ _____________– uses direct democracy
2. Make Athens __________ – steals money from Delian League to make Athens _____ ________________________
3. Make Athens __________ – bought gold, ivory & marble
Democracy in Greece

12. B. Greek Styles in Art
1. _____________ – inside stood a giant _________________. Graceful figures who show no emotion.
2. ____________– order, ________ and proportion.

13. C. Greek Drama Theatre Some wrote ____________ (pain/ suffering)
1. Athens became the ___________ ____________________________
Some wrote ____________ (pain/ suffering)
Other wrote _____________(satires)

14. D. ______________War 2. 431 BC Athens _____________.
1. Sparta and Athens ________ ______________
BC Athens _____________.
3. End of Athenian Empire

15. E._____________– search for truth
1.________– believed in absolute standards of ___________________
a. Questioned authority = _____________
b. Convicted of corrupting youth by __________________________________
Sentenced to ____________

16. Philosophers (cont’d) Socrates and Plato
2._________ – _______ ___________, fascinated with the question of reality
a. Wrote _______________
3. Aristotle – ___________ ________________
a. Interested in _______ ___________________based on observation and investigation

17. Parthenon