1. By: Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley H.S. Chappaqua, NY
"Hellenistic"
Greece:
B.C.E.
By: Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley H.S. Chappaqua, NY

2. Alexander the Great 356-323 B.C.E.

3. Alexander the Great’s Empire

4. Alexander the Great in Persia

5. Building Greek Cities in the East

6. Pergamum: A New “Hellenistic” City
Cosmopolitan Culture

8. Trade in the Hellenistic World

9. Library at Alexandria (333 B.C.E.)

10. Lighthouse of Alexandria

11. Alexander the Great

12. Hellenic vs. Hellenistic Art

13. Hellenistic Philosophers
Cynics  Diogenes
ignore social conventions & avoid luxuries.
citizens of the world.
live a humble, simple life.
Epicurians  Epicurus
avoid pain & seek pleasure.
all excess leads to pain!
politics should be avoided.

14. Hellenistic Philosophers
Stoics  Zeno
nature is the expansion of divine will.
concept of natural law.
get involved in politics, not for personal gain, but to perform virtuous acts for the good of all.
true happiness is found in great achievements.

15. The “Known” World – 3c B.C.E.

16. Hellenism: The Arts & Sciences
Scientists / Mathematicians:
Aristarchus  heliocentric theory.
Euclid  geometry.
Archimedes  pulley.
Ptolemy  geocentric theory.

17. The Breakup of Alexander’s Empire

18. Ptolemaic View of the Universe

19. The Incursion of Rome into the Hellenistic World