3. • 3 0 0 0 B C – 3 5 0 B C
• I N T R O D U C T I O N
• B R O N Z E & A R C H A I C A G E
• S P A R T A
• A T H E N S
• T H E P E R S I A N W A R S
• T H E G O L D E N A G E
Overview
Discobolus, c. 450 BC,
Myron, Roman Copy
11. Dark Ages, c. 1200 – c. 800 BC
Sea Peoples
Iron Age
Phoenician Alphabet
Homer
8th century BC
Iliad and Odyssey
Aristocrats
Heroes
Arete
Achilles
Human Beings
Homer by Jean-Baptiste
Auguste Leloir, 1841
14. The Bible, Genesis 1:1-5 The Iliad, Book 1, L 1-6
"In the beginning, when God created
the heavens and the earth — and the
earth was without form or shape, with
darkness over the abyss and a mighty
wind sweeping over the waters—
Then God said: Let there be light, and
there was light. God saw that the
light was good. God then separated
the light from the darkness. God
called the light 'day,' and the darkness
he called 'night.' Evening came, and
morning followed—the first day.”
“Sing, O goddess, the wrath of
Achilles son of Peleus, that brought
countless ills upon the Achaeans.
Many a brave soul did it send
hurrying down to Hades, and many
a hero did it yield a prey to dogs and
vultures, for so were the counsels of
Zeus fulfilled from the day on which
the son of Atreus, king of men, and
great Achilles, first fell out with one
another.”
Founding Documents
15. Archaic Age,
c. 800 BC –
500 BC
• Warfare
• Chariots
• Hoplites
• Phalanx
• Aristocrats
• Farmers
• Property
Chigi Vase, 640 BC
16. The Archaic Age (800 – 500 BC)
The Polis
Oikos
Oligarchy
Citizenship
Classes:
Aristocrats/oligarchs
Farmers
Poor
Non-citizens
Slaves
Colonization
Ionian League
Miletus
21. Sparta
Lycurgus, c. 700 BC
Mobilized
Messenia
The Agoge
3 classes
Citizens/Spartiates
Periokoi
Helots
Government
Kings
Council of Elders
Ephors
Assembly
The Peloponnesian League
22. Athenian Democracy
Oligarchy
Pisistratus, 560 BC
Cleisthenes, 508 BC
Government:
Aereopagus
Council of 500
The Assembly
10 Generals
Ostracism
Jury Trials
27. The Persian Empire
Late 6th century BC
Indo-European
Cyrus the Great (r. 559 –
530 BC)
Satrap and Satrapy
Immortals
Zoroastrianism
Zoroaster
Ahura Mazda
Ahriman
Magi
Tomb of Cyrus the Great
30. The Persian Wars
Darius I the Great
(r. 521-486 BC)
Ionian Revolt
(499-494 BC)
Athens
1st Persian Invasion
Battle of Marathon
(490 BC)
Pheidippides