Chapter 7 Highlights Flashcards
What values did Greek artists and architects use?
harmony, symmetry and balance
Which city-state was Parthenon built in?
Athenes
Who was ruling the city state when the Parthenon was built?
Pericles
Did buildings in Greece have random arrangements of columns?
No, they were organized careful to create harmony and balance
What are Greek Sculptors known for?
Realistic human sculptures
What did the plays of Aeschylus explore?
hubris
What does hubris mean?
the human flaw of excessive pride
Who wrote Oedipus the king?
Sophocles
What did most of Euripides plays explore?
problems in Athenian society
Who is the father of history?
Herodotus
What did Herodotus write about?
customs and traditions of people in distant lands
Who wrote History of Peloponnesian War?
Thucydides
What is known as the first great work of political history?
History of the Peloponnesian War
What did Socrates teach his student?
to question tradition values
Was Plato the student or was Socrates the student?
Plato was Socrates student
Who wrote the philosophical works known as the Dialogues?
Plato
Did Plato study under Aristotle or did Aristotle study under Plato?
Aristotle studied under Plato
Did Aristotle teach and write on physics, chemistry , astronomy, ethics, politics or literature?
Trick question (: He wrote and taught on all of them
What did Thales study?
astronomy
What was Thales most known for predicting?
a total eclipse of the sun
Who is known as the father of medicine?
Hippocrates
What was different about Hippocrates theory’s compared to what was considered fact at the time?
That disease was a natural phenomenon, not a punishment of the gods.
Who was Alexander the son of?
King Philip II of Macedonia
Alexander lead a great army that defeated who?
The Persians
How far was the empire that Alexander created?
The Indus River to the Mediterranean Sea.
After Alexander’s death what happened to Greece?
His generals divided up the empire. Greek culture continued to thrive.
What did Alexander’s ruling age bring?
Hellenistic Age
What helped bring about the Hellenistic Age?
The spread of Greek culture
