Greece Day 6 (Golden Age and Philosophy) Flashcards
What is a Golden Age?
Period of time where great tasks/developments are completed in a nation/civilization
What was the first major Golden Age of Greece called?
Golden Age of Athens/Age of Pericles
Who ruled Athens during the Golden Age?
Pericles
What led to the Golden Age in Athens?
- Removal of the Persians (after the war)
- Growing economic and social institutions
- Development in culture
-Subsidized (helped pay for) theater admission for the poor
Who was Pericles?
Major political leader of Athens during the Golden Age
What are some major things that Pericles did?
- Helped form the Delian League
- Strengthened democracy by weakening aristocracy
- Supported actions that led to the Golden Age
How do we know about Pericles?
- Thucydides: wrote down a funeral oration given by Pericles
- Plutarch: wrote about Pericles in “Parallel Lives”
List developments made during the Golden Age
- philosophy
- medicine
- art & architecture
- drama
- history
What are the Greek Orders?
different architectural styles associated with different regions and time periods
not just columns!! they’re just an easy way to distinguish the orders
-Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian
-Dominate the Renaissance Period
Doric Order
-oldest
-originated in Doric region
-simple
(represent sturdy masculine frame)
Ionic Order
-more intricate
-narrowest
-originated in Ionia
(represent slender feminine frame)
Corinthian Order
-most detailed
-design on top is based on a plant
-originated in Corinth
What are the two forms of Greek drama? (hint: genres) Define them
Comedies: make fun of someone
Tragedies: serious with unhappy endings
Who could participate in Greek drama?
Only men
Aristophanes
“Father of Comedy”
Aeschylus
“Father of Tragedy”
Sophocles
wrote a TON of tragedies
-not many of his plays survived
-wrote Oedipus Rex
Euripides
famous for writing tragedies
Atomism
philosophy stating that all matter was made up of small indivisible particles called atoms
Sophists
professional teachers/tutors who focused on rational thought
Branches of philosophy
-physics
-logic
-ethics
Socrates
developed the Socratic Method
Plato
created the Academy
-taught Aristotle
Aristotle
developed the scientific method
-student of Plato
Diogenes
-practiced Cynicism
-disagreed with all rules/manners
-spent his life trying to find an honest man
Cynicism
belief that people should tell the truth at all times
Describe the impact of Greek philosophy (hint: mention Socrates, Aristotle and Plato)
-developed during hard times in an attempt to explain a changing world
-Socrates encouraged Greeks to search for truth
-Plato’s focus on ideal truths influenced Western religion and philosophy
-Aristotle’s focus on observable nature and logical thinking paved the way for the scientific method and other practices
-Greek philosophy became important in Europe during the Renaissance Period
