1. Ancient Greece 3 Themes Individualism, Heroism, Rationalism 3 Philosophers Socrates, Plato Aristotle

2. Announcements Welcome to our first “virtual” class! Please print/download/view either the PDF or the PPT slides to accompany the audio portion of the lecture (MP3). The lecture is about 40 minutes long, and there are about 12-14 slides. We may have a brief pop quiz on Tue, Feb.19 on this lecture and on the movie you saw on Wed.

3. Legacy of Greece (Classroom summary) Language Fraternity names; beta version; Alpha Omega watches Mathematics Pythagorean theorem; Euclid’s geometry Architecture Neo-classical; columns Drama Tragedy & Comedy; Oedipus Rex, Aristophanes, Sophocles Epic literature Iliad, Odyssey Astronomy Zodiac signs Democracy Assembly; citizens; referendum; ostracism Athletics Olympics; heptathlon; 26.2 miles Cuisine Spanakopita; baklava; gyros Philosophy Plato, Aristotle, rational

4. Vocabulary to Know Polis Phalanx Oligarchy Agora Hoplite Philosophy Acropolis Helot Tyrant ostracism mkatz.web.wesleyan.edu/.../greek_numerals.html

5. 3 Themes in Classical Greece Public Life: –Agora; Assembly; Chorus; Male Space Rationalism –Emphasis upon logic, balance –Aristotle and scientific analysis; Thucydides and historical analysis; Individualism/Heroism –Homeric heroes; geographic determinism; Sophocles on individual vs. community

6. Philosophy Rational > spiritual Natural science and humankind = focus Socratic, Platonist, Aristotelian, Epicurean, Hedonist, Cynic, Stoic, etc.

7. Philosophy in Ancient Greece Abstract > divine explanations Archaic (natural) vs. Classical (human) Philosopher = one who seeks knowledge; scholar, thinker –“philo” = strong attraction to something (e.g., philharmonic, bibliophile) –“sophia” = knowledge (e.g., sophomore, sophisticated)

8. Socrates (469-399 BC) “Socratic method” of teaching Gadfly Teacher of Plato & other young men Poisoned by hemlock

9. Plato (427-348 BC) Ideal > real; “forms” The Republic = utopia –Communal property –No nuclear family –Guardians = philosophers “platonic relationships” The Academy Aristotle’s teacher

10. Aristotle (384-322 BC) Systematic thinker in range of fields Physics, metaphysics, biology, botany, zoology, rhetoric, politics, logic, music, astronomy, chemistry, geology… Analytical, empirical Favors hierarchy & function Tutor of Alexander the Great Founder of Lyceum Influences Aquinas, Dante, Machiavelli, Copernicus, Galileo, John Locke, et al. Still relevant today….

11. “School of Athens”

12. Plato & Aristotle

13. Socrates w/ Xenophon & Alcibiades Heraclitus/Michelangelo