1. November 17 th and 18 th Turn in 5.5 HW and S.S. outlines Collect papers off bookshelf Work on Warm-Up #14 at your desk Write homework in agenda

2. Agenda for today Warm-Up #14 Agenda and Essential Questions The Golden Age in Greece Homework: Stearns Ch. 4 (Pre-AP only)

3. 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.

4. The Golden Age of Greece Art and Sculpture

5. The Parthenon 23,000 square foot building built to honor the goddess Athena set standards for future generations of artists around the world

6. The Statue of Athena Inside the Parthenon stood 38 feet tall and contained gold and ivory

7. Phidias Worked on the Parthenon and the statue of Athena Given this assignment by Pericles

8. 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

10. The Golden Age of Greece Drama

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. Significant Figures in Greece On the back of your Golden Age notes, add these following key people.

15. Sophocles Athens’ greatest playwright Most famous play is Oedipus Rex Used three actors instead of two First to use painted backgrounds Told a whole story in one play

16. Plato A philosopher/teacher who was born in Athens Student 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

18. Aristotle Philosopher/scientist Studied under Plato for 20 years Wrote about all branches of learning Founded the Lyceum, a center for studying science and history Wrote History of Animals in which he classified more than 500 types of animals

19. 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

20. 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

22. 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

24. 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