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November 17th and 18th
Turn in 5.5 HW and S.S. outlinesCollect papers off bookshelfWork on Warm-Up #14 at your deskWrite homework in agenda
Agenda for today
Warm-Up #14Agenda and Essential QuestionsThe Golden Age in Greece
Homework: Stearns Ch. 4 (Pre-AP only)
Essential Questions
Be able to name and describe the three types of Greek columns.
What is the Acropolis?What was the Parthenon?Be able to describe Greek drama.
The Golden Age of Greece
Art and Sculpture
The Parthenon23,000 square foot buildingbuilt to honor the goddess Athenaset standards for future generations of
artists around the world
The Statue of Athena
Inside the Parthenonstood 38 feet tall and
contained gold and ivory
Phidias
Worked on the Parthenon and the statue of Athena
Given this assignment by Pericles
Classical Art
Greek values of order, balance, and proportion were the standard
created figures that were graceful, strong, and perfectly formed
Faces showed neither laughter nor anger, only peacefulness
Sculptors tried to capture the grace of the idealize human body in motion
The Golden Age of Greece
Drama
Background
Greeks invents drama and built the first theaters in the west
Expressed civic pride and paid tribute to the gods
Colorful costumes, masks, and sets were paid for by the wealthy citizens
Tragedy
a serious drama about common themes such as love, hate, war, or betrayal
the main character, or tragic hero, was brought down by a tragic flaw, usually this was excessive pride– Aeschylus – wrote 80 plays, most famous was The
Oresteia– Sophocles – wrote 100 plays, most famous were Oedipus
the King and Antigone– Euripides – wrote Medea and often showed sympathy
towards women
Comedy
contained scenes filled with slap-stick situations and crude humor
typically made fun of customs, politics, respected people, or ideas of the time
showed the freedom and openness of public discussion in democratic Athens– Aristophanes – wrote the first great comedies,
including The Birds and Lysistrata
Significant Figures in Greece
On the back of your Golden Age notes, add these following key people.
Sophocles
Athens’ greatest playwrightMost famous play is Oedipus Rex Used three actors instead of twoFirst to use painted backgrounds Told a whole story in one play
Plato
A philosopher/teacher who was
born in AthensStudent and close friend of Sophocles Wrote The Republic, says “best society was one
where every citizen performed the task that they were best suited for”
Founded The Academy, the first institution of high learning in the Western world
Aristotle
Philosopher/scientist Studied under Plato for 20 years Wrote about all branches of learningFounded the Lyceum, a center for studying
science and history Wrote History of Animals in which he classified
more than 500 types of animals
Hippocrates
Referred to as the “father of medicine” He was the first physician to reject beliefs that
credited divine forces with causing illness Believed to have written the Hippocratic Oath
Ptolemy
An astronomer who incorrectly placed the earth at the center of the solar system, and idea which astronomers accepted for the next 14 centuries
Said the order of the planets was Earth, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Sun, Mars, Jupiter, then Saturn
Euclid
A mathematician who opened a school of geometry in Alexandria
His book, The Elements, contained 465 geometry propositions and proofs
Muslim and European universities used The Elements until well into the 1900s and it is sometimes said that only the Bible has been more widely used and studied
Archimedes
Another scientist who studied at Alexandria He accurately estimated the value of pi to be
between 3 10/71 and 3 1/7 He explained the law of the lever and invented the
compound pulley to lift heavy objects He also built a catapult, or missile-throwing
machine, and the Archimedes screw, a device that raised water from the ground
