1. The Golden age of Athens What were the major cultural achievements of Athens? Essential Question:

2. Burned to the ground! What happened to Athens at the end of the Persian Wars?

3. Predict what life was like during this time. With a partner, write down specific ideas. After the victory during the Persian Wars, we begin a period called the “Golden Age of Athens”

4. 460 – 429 B.C.E. Pericles, leader of Athens

5. Rebuilt the city Constructed the Parthenon (most famous temple in Athens)

7. First to pay government employees, so that poor men could also participate Made reforms to democracy to help it grow

8. Athenian homes

9. Public Spaces Agora = open assembly place

10. Public Spaces Acropolis = hill above the city where temples were built

12. Had power over particular area of lifeReligion Zeus: Ruler of the gods Athena: goddess of wisdom and war

14. Mount Olympus (a real mountain in Greece) is the home of the gods Myths = stories about the gods

15. Write down the role of each of the 12 most important gods and goddesses of Mt. Olympus. Gods Goddesses

16. Greek’s idea of beauty = importance of balance and order Greek Architecture

17. Columns

19. Corinthian = most complex, carvings like leaves, with a base

20. Ionic = scrolled, thin with a baseVERY important to Western architecture

21. Homework Find a building that has Greek columns in the USA or Europe to show the influence of Greek architecture on Western civilization. It can be in your hometown or in a major city. Post it to our class on Edmodo with the following info: Location (address, if you can find it) A link to a picture Say whether the columns are Doric, Ionic, or Corinthian. You cannot repeat a building another student has chosen!

22. Church St-Gervais-et-St-Protrais in Paris, France.

23. Parthenon = temple to Athena

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26. Greek sculpture

27. Greek sculpture Egyptian Early Greek

28. Greek sculpture Early Greek Golden Age

29. Greek sculpture

30. Greek sculpture

31. Phidias One of most famous Greek sculptors

32. Greek Theater CHEERS! Original plays grew out of songs and dances performed at harvest to honor Dionysus.

33. Greek Theater

34. Greek Theater All actors were male. Wore masks to show different characters (male and female) and make expressions clear.

35. Greek Theater

36. Greek Theater

37. Greek Theater

38. Greek Theater Tragedy depicts the downfall of a basically good person through some fatal error or misjudgment, producing suffering for the main character and arousing pity and fear on the part of the audience. A comedy is a story of the rise in fortune of a sympathetic central character.

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40. Greek Theater

41. Means “the love of wisdom” Study of fundamental problems with rational arguments Loved to talk, argue, and debate Greek Philosophy NEW IDEAS

42. Greek Philosophy – Discussed: How the natural world worked Meaning of life, justice, truth, and beauty

43. Greek Philosopher - Socrates Question everything you know.

44. Greek Philosopher - Socrates Taught by asking questions What makes a good life? What is truth? How do you know? Led students to think about their beliefs Said he was the wisest man in Greece because he recognized how little he knew.

45. Greek Philosopher - Socrates Sentenced to death for “not honoring the gods” and “leading young people into error.”

46. Greek Philosophers Plato Aristotle