1. THE GROWTH OF ATHENS THE CLASSICAL PERIOD 500-338 BCE

2. I. THE GOLDEN AGE OF ATHENS
Objective: To trace the rise & fall of Periclean Athens by indentifying actions of Pericles that contributed to both.
I. THE GOLDEN AGE OF ATHENS
DELIAN LEAGUE 478 BC
ATHENS UNOFFICIAL LEADER
NAVAL ALLIANCE
BENEFITS & DETRIMENTS

3. DEMOCRACY AT ITS ZENITH
PERICLEAN ATHENS
INFRASTRUCTURE – PARTHENON
SIMPLE LIFE, SLAVERY, GENDER
DRAMA
PHILOSOPHY: LIFE ? IN RATIONAL TERMS
a. pre-socratics & sophists
b. Socrates (470 – 399 BC) – Socratic Method – general to specific
c. Plato (427 –347 BC) – The Academy & The Republic
d. Aristotle (384 – 322 BC) – primary aim of nature was perfection

4. PARTHENON BUILT WITH DELIAN LEAGUE FUNDS

5. ERECTHEION – WOMEN AS COLUMNS

6. The signal achievement of Greece was the willingness of some to treat questions of origin of the universe & life in rational not mythical terms

7. Socrates & The Socratic Method
DIDN’T FIT ATHENIAN MOLD OF PERFECTION (UGLY)
INDIVIDUAL MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE STATE
THE UNEXAMINED LIFE NOT WORTH LIVING
DRAW OUT KNOWLEDGE FROM PEOPLE THAT THEY ALREADY POSSESS
TRIED & CONVICTED FOR CORRUPTING YOUTH

8. PELOPONNESIAN WARS – THUCYDIDES’ ACCOUNTS 431-404 BCE
RISING CONFLICT B/W ATHENS & ALLIES BC
SPARTA RELUCTANTLY DECLARES WAR
“THIS DAY…BEGINNING OF GREAT EVIL FOR THE GREEKS”
PLAGUE, 10 YEARS, TREATY, COLD WAR 442 BC – DEATH OF PERICLES
ALCIBIADES BC CONTINUES WAR
DEFEAT OF ATHENS BY SPARTA & LYSANDER