1. Ancient Greece

2. Announcements Short Essay due in class today Virtual Class on Friday Today: Significance of Ancient Greece (group exercise) Geography & Introduction & Vocabulary of Ancient Greece Themes of Classical Greece Philosophy of Classical Greece

3. Significance of Ancient Greece? In groups of 3-4, discuss for 5 minutes the significance of Ancient Greece. You might think about P.E.R.S.I.A. + G.T. You can discuss either the importance of Ancient Greece in its own time, or its historical legacy today. Think about both broad categories (e.g., Sports) and specific examples (e.g., discus, marathon).

4. Geography of Ancient Greece

5. Politics in Greece Small, urban, independent city- states (poleis) Farmer-citizen-soldier Experimentation w/ different forms of government –Tyranny –Oligarchy –Democracy

6. Religion in Greece Polytheistic Oracles and divination Human gods/godlike humans

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

8. Early Greek Civilizations Minoans Myceneans Homer, Illiad, and Troy in the “Dark Ages”

9. Minoans First civilization ca. 2000 BC, on Crete Language = Linear A Maritime traders Destroyed by volcano or Greek-speaking invaders ca. 1500 BC

10. Myceneans Warrior peoples on Greek mainland Civilization flourishes 1400-1100 BC Language = Linear B Destroyed by invaders ca. 1100 BC Greek “Dark Ages” follow

11. Archaic Greece (1000-500 BC) Homer Illiad, Odyssey The “Dark Ages” of Greece?

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