1. Golden Age of Greece 500-300BC
Ingredients of a Golden Age
PTA
Peace- No wars
Trade- money created through trade
Achievements- Arts, Architecture (Science & Mathematics)

2. Architecture
Purpose of the Parthenon- to celebrate the goddess Athena (wisdom) Features- Columns Purpose of Feature- to support heavy roofs while creating wide open spaces

3. Influence on World
Rome USA

4. Olympics Why were the Olympics played? Honor the 12 Gods
Who was not allowed to play? Women
Sports played in first Olympics? Wrestling, track and field.

5. Art Types of Greek Art? Sculpture and Vases Sculptures made of marble.
Greek art portrays the human figure as: Ideal beauty, godlike qualities, naked form, fluid (movement).

6. Mathematics What math formulas were invented by Greeks?
Pythagorean Theorem- find the sides of a right triangle.
Pi is used to find the circumference of a circle.
What were formulas used for?- to build stronger and bigger buildings.

7. Government
What type of gov’t did the Greeks develop? Democracy Who has the power and how do they prove this? People have the power to vote on laws and actions. -Pericles known for extending democracy and power to vote to more Greeks.

8. Theatre
Theater and drama originally begin as a way to celebrate the Gods.
-Comedies and tragedies were earliest genres of Greek theater
Who were the actors? All played by men.

9. Philosophy “The unexamined life is not worth living.” ---Socrates
“To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge.” ---Socrates
Socratic Method- learn and teach through questioning
Plato
-examined what an ideal life and country should look like.

10. Death of Socrates