2. Greek Theater Produced tragedies and comedies Performed in large, open-air amphitheaters Theaters often located near religious sites Sophocles was the Shakespeare of his day Sophocles was the Shakespeare of his day

4. Tragedies…

5. Greek Poetry Poetry celebrated Greek history, legends, and heroes Created a sense of community throughout Greece Homer wrote the Iliad and the OdysseyIliad

6. Patroclus’ death in the Iliad… Three times he charged the jut of the high wall, three times Apollo battered the man and hurled him back, the god's immortal hands beating down on the gleaming shield. Then at Patroclus' fourth assault, like something superhuman, the god shrieked down his winging words of terror: "Back– Patroclus, Prince, go back! It is not the will of Fate that the proud Trojans' citadel fall before your spear,not even before Achilles--far greater man than you!"

7. Science Math – Geometry Greek Achievements in Math and Science! Archimedes  Discovered the uses of the lever and the pulley Hippocrates  “Father of Medicine”  Doctors still follow the ethical standard of the Hippocratic Oath

8. The Hippocratic Oath I SWEAR BY APOLLO… AND…ALL THE GODS…THE FOLLOWING OATH. TO CONSIDER DEAR TO ME, AS MY PARENTS, HIM WHO TAUGHT ME THIS ART; TO LIVE IN COMMON WITH HIM AND, IF NECESSARY, TO SHARE MY GOODS WITH HIM; TO LOOK UPON HIS CHILDREN AS MY OWN BROTHERS, TO TEACH THEM THIS ART. I WILL PRESCRIBE REGIMENS FOR THE GOOD OF MY PATIENTS ACCORDING TO MY ABILITY AND MY JUDGMENT AND NEVER DO HARM TO ANYONE. I WILL NOT GIVE A LETHAL DRUG TO ANYONE IF I AM ASKED, NOR WILL I ADVISE SUCH A PLAN I WILL PRESERVE THE PURITY OF MY LIFE AND MY ARTS. IN EVERY HOUSE WHERE I COME I WILL ENTER ONLY FOR THE GOOD OF MY PATIENTS, KEEPING MYSELF FAR FROM ALL ILL-DOING

9. The Acropolis Today What was its purpose?

10. What is its purpose? The Parthenon

11. Parthenon  Well- proportioned marble buildings  Reflect harmony and order  Columns convey a theme or idea  Three styles of capitals  Doric  Ionic  Corinthian

13. What do you think each style represents?

15. Greek Sculpture  Beauty and perfection  Idealized the human body  Often used gods as their subjects  How did the Greek portrayal of its subjects influence society?

16. The Laocoon Group “Do you believe the enemy have sailed away? Or think that any Grecian gifts are free of craft? Is this the way Ulysses acts? Either Achaeans hide, shut in this wood, or else this is an engine built against our walls.…I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts.”

17. Ideal Form vs. Thought and Reality

18. Athenian Philosophers SPASPA

19. Socrates “The Unexamined Life is not worth living”  Know thyself!  Socratic method  question everything  only the pursuit of goodness brings happiness  Investigate moral character

20. Great Athenian Philosophers $ Plato  School: The Academy  Equal education  Reason  Book: The Republic  Gov’t: philosopher- king $ Aristotle  School: The Lyceum  Gov’T: Independently wealthy ruler -King  Scientific method

21. THE END.

22. The School of Athens