1. Ancient Greece
Golden Age and Legacy

2. Mythology

3. Greek gods and goddesses
Zeus – king of the gods,the sky, rain, and lightning
Hades- god of the underworld
Poseidon- god of the sea
Apollo – god of light
Hermes – messenger of the gods
Ares – god of war
Hera – goddess of marriage
Hestia – goddess of the home
Artemis – goddess of the hunt and wild animals, twin sister of Apollo
Aphrodite – goddess of love and beauty
Athena – goddess of wisdom and protector of cities

4. Golden Age of Athens
A period of great peace, wealth, creativity, and success.

5. What is a legacy?
Traditions, skills and knowledge of a culture that get passed on to people in the future
Babe Ruth’s
legacy was
homerun hitting.
Something a culture is known for
A gift from the past

6. Greek Inventions
The Greeks invented dice.

7. *The Greeks were the original Olympiads.
*Their scientists studied the best way to perform sports

8. Greek Architecture Greeks invented arches and columns.
Doric
Corinthian
Ionic
This obviously took advanced mathematics.

9. Columns
Doric
Ionic
Corinthian

11. Greek Invention
The Greeks invented the crane.

12. Trial By Jury
When a group of citizens decides if a person is innocent or guilty of a crime
Serving on a jury was a citizen’s duty
About 500 jurors for a trial
Jurors were paid for service

13. Epics Long poems written about gods, heroes, and history of a culture
Homer most famous author of Greek epics.
Wrote the Illiad about the Trojan War
The Odyssey about a Trojan War hero, Odysseus

14. Democracy

15. Theater
Grew out of festivals dedicated to Dionysus and developed into stories that were acted out
Plays were performed at festivals and became competitions
Only male actors but women could watch
Actors wore masks to show gender, age & mood
Theater was carved into a hillside

16. Greek theater in Miletus

17. Types of plays first developed by the Greeks
Tragedy & Comedy
Types of plays first developed by the Greeks
Tragedy: plays about suffering
Aeschylus
Comedy: plays with a happy ending that pokes fun at certain types of people
Aristophanes

18. Festival held in Olympia to honor Zeus
Olympic Games
Festival held in Olympia to honor Zeus
Every four years-began 776B.C.
Only men: women couldn’t watch
Olympians swore not to cheat
Called a truce from war
Won an olive wreath
Winners were heroes

19. Messengers & Trumpeters
Olympic Games
Foot races
Javelin
Warrior’s Race
Boxing
Discus
Pancratium
Wrestling
Pentathlon
Messengers & Trumpeters

20. Marathon Footrace that is 26 miles, 385 yards long
Greeks defeated the Persians at Marathon
Pheidippides ran to Athens (about 26 miles) to announce the victory
He reached Athens, cried out Nike! (goddess of victory), and fell over dead.

21. Supreme Court Building in Wash. D.C.
Architecture
The design of many buildings today has been influenced by the classical style of the Greeks.
Supreme Court Building in Wash. D.C.

22. Greek Architecture

23. Classification of Living Things
A system of grouping plants and animals that have similar characteristics
Developed by Aristotle
Helps scientists to handle a lot of info.
Still used today

24. Process used by scientists to study something
Scientific Method
Process used by scientists to study something 1
Collect
Info 2
Form
Hypothesis 3
Test
Hypothesis

25. Hippocratic Oath
A list of rules about practicing medicine that doctors today still promise to follow
Honor their teachers
Hippocrates was the “Father of Scientific Medicine”
Believed that disease came from natural causes not evil spirits
Do their best for the sick
Never give poisons
Keep the secrets of patients