1. Ancient Greece Lesson 3
Athens’ Age of Glory

2. Vocabulary Assembly Jury Philosophy Peloponnesian War Pericles
Socrates
Plato
Acropolis
Parthenon

3. Read Aloud
If Athenians living in 500 BC could somehow have traveled 65 years into the future, they would ha ve been amazed by what they saw. In the city’s harbor many ships would be tied t a long dock leading straight to a huge trading area. People could buy a wide range of goods, from Egyptian papyrus to Italian cheese, with coins from Athens or Persia. Walking up the road to the city---now surrounded by walls—they would have seen grand stone temples where for simple one had once stood. Athens, clearly, was flourishing.

4. The Big Picture
Sea power and unity with other Greek states brought victory in the Persian War.
Other city-states paid Athens to protect them from Persia
Money used to
build a navy
Navy made Athens powerful
Other money used to improve life in the city
460 – 430 BC- Athens Golden Age

5. Golden Age of Athens Same lifestyle A walk Through Athens
Life still revolved around the acropolis and the agora
Citizens voted on events
Festivals were the same as earlier
A walk Through Athens
Acropolis was religious center of Athens
Reflected the city’s wealth
Parthenon – temple to Athena
Population now 100,000 people

6. Activity in the Agora At the foot of the Acropolis in the agora
Shopkeepers
Lawyers
students
Bulletin Board –
people would leave messages
read posters
Goods sold
Perfume
Vegetables
Clothing
Haircuts
Vases

7. Athenian Government Assembly – made government decisions
Representative government
10 demes

8. A Great Statesman Pericles
Made sure all people, rich and poor, participated in government
Sat on juries
Served on assembly
Paid participants so they could afford to miss work.

9. Philosophy in Athens Philosophy – search for wisdom Best government
Socrates – the right way to live
Began questioning religion of polytheism
Corrupting the minds of the youth
399 BC – sentenced to death
Plato – S’s student
Aristotle – P’s student

10. Greek Architecture Doric Ionic Corinthian No base Square capital
Bore great weight
Ionic
Round base
Fluted
Scroll capital
Corinthian
Cantus leaves capital

11. Floor plan of temples 8 columns wide 16 columns long
Colonnade or peristyle
stylobate
Antis
Porch
Opistheodamos
Celia

13. Pediment
Colonnade
Entablature
tri

15. War and Conflict Peloponnesian League – Sparta and others
Athenian League – Athens and allies
Result was Peloponnesian Wars in 431 BC
Sparta’s army burns Athenian farmland to starve them out
Ships controlled Aegean Sea
Sparta won land battles
Athenians won sea battles and brought food
War deadlocked
Athenians die from disease- 1/3 of population including Pericles
Spartans cut off grain supply
Athenians starved and surrendered
Thucydides – “War is a violent teacher.”

16. End of a Golden Age
For 50 years the power shifted from Sparta to Athens.
Greece weaken
Threats now come from outside Greece

17. Why It Matters 500-400 BC – Alexander the Great the new threat
Improved democracy
Built temples
Search for knowledge
Created drama
Alexander the Great the new threat