1. Contributions of Greek Culture to Western Civilization
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2. Aristophanes – Great play writer of COMEDY
Drama
Aristophanes – Great play writer of COMEDY
Aeschylus and Sophocles – Great play writers of TRAGEDY

3. Poetry Homer: The great blind story teller of Greece
His stories later were written in two epics:
1. Iliad
2. Odyssey

4. history
Herodotus – Greek historian who is known as the “father of history”
He wrote Histories which was about the conflict between Persia and Greece
Thucydides – A Greek historian who wrote History of the Peloponnesian War.
He wrote about the conflict between Athens and Sparta

5. sculpture Phidias – He is known as the Greatest Greek Sculptor
He designed the Parthenon (the temple of the Goddess Athena)
Sculpted the huge Statue of Zeus at Olympus

6. *Famous Statue leading into Trading City
Colossus of Rhodes
*Famous Statue leading into Trading City

7. architecture

8. Doric Column
Very plain and simple
Has no base

9. Ionic Column
Capital has scrolls
Has a base
More decorative

10. The most decorative capital
Corinthian Column
The most decorative capital
Roofs are flat

11. Hippocrates 460-377 B.C. Founded a school of medicine
Rejected that sickness comes from the gods
Careful observations of symptoms
Acute
Chronic
“Holistic” healing
Hygiene
Diet
Curative powers of nature
The Hippocratic Oath

12. Archimedes 287 - 212 B.C. Greek mathematician – Geometry
War machines and other devices
Theory of buoyancy - “Eureka!”
Law of the lever
Archimedean screw

13. Archimedean Screw

14. Modern application of the Archimedean Screw

15. mathematics
Euclid – the father of geometry

16. Pythagoras B.C.
The universe could only be understood thru numbers.
Sun, moon, and earth revolved around a central fire.
Each planet produces a tone!
Famous for the Pythagorean Theorem: a2 + b2 = c2

17. Pythagoras B.C. c2 a2 b2
Pythagorean Theorem: a2 + b2 = c2

18. philosophy

19. The Three Most Famous Philosophers
Socrates Plato Aristotle

20. Socrates 469 - 399 B.C. Critic of the Sophists
Encouraged students to think
Left no writings – skeptical
Dialectic method
Conversational
Based upon reason and logic
Popular among the youth
a “gadfly” in Athens
Placed on trial for impiety and corrupting the youth
Was executed in 399 – drank poison hemlock

21. “The unexamined life is not worth living.” - Socrates -
Socrates B.C.
“The unexamined life is not worth living.” - Socrates -

22. Socrates B.C.
Socrates’ dialectic method was a departure from earlier philosophers.
Earlier philosophers were interested in the nature of the universe and basic elements.
Socrates’ approach was more rigorous and was the forerunner of logic.
Most famous student: Plato

23. Socrates B.C.
“The unexamined life is not worth living.”

24. Plato 427 - 347 B.C. Preserved and perpetuated the work of Socrates
Most important source of info on Socrates
Founded the Academy
Wrote dialogues
Universal Forms was a recurring theme
The Republic – most important dialogue
“Those things which are beautiful are also difficult.”

25. Aristotle 384 - 322 B.C. Most famous student of Plato
Most famous teacher of Alexander the Great
Developed Logic as a field of study
Devised a complex system of classification
Used in biology
Views on Government

26. Aristotle 384 - 322 B.C. Views on Government 3 Good Governments:
Monarchy
Aristocracy
Democracy
3 Bad Governments:
Tyranny
Oligarchy
Mob Rule

27. Aristotle 384 - 322 B.C. “All things in moderation”
“Man is by nature a political animal.”

28. POLITICS (ATHENS) Draco – Introduced 1st code of Laws
Solon – Outlawed “debt slavery” in Athens
Cleisthenes – Introduced the idea of DEMOCRACY