1. Classical Greek Culture

2. Vocabulary to know Mythology Oracle Temple
Tragedies (Drama) and Comedy
Rhetoric
Socratic Method
Scientific Method
Cavalry
Partons of the Arts.

3. Classical Greek Culture
Aphrodite - Goddess of love and beauty.
Apollo - God of the sun, music, healing, and herding.
Ares - God of chaotic war.
Hephaestus - God of fire and blacksmithing who created weapons for the gods.
Hera - Goddess of goddesses, women, and marriage and wife of Zeus.
Poseidon - God of the sea and earthquakes.
Zeus -Leader of the Olympic gods, and god of lightning, thunder, and the heavens.
Greek Religion: Polytheistic
Each city state dedicated to a god/goddess
Mythology
Oracle of Delphi
Had

4. The Parthenon of Athens

5. Greek Architecture
Temples
Post and Lintel

7. Greek Drama and Theaters
Tragedies and Comedies
Sophocles - Oedipus Rex
Universal Themes
Comedies - Political Satire
Histories
Herodotus - The Father of History
Thucydides - Facts over story

8. What does it tell you about the importance of the Arts if cities were willing to build these theaters?

9. Greek Philosophy
Socrates Plato Aristotle

10. The Sophist Philosophy - Love of Wisdom
Sophist believed we could not understand the universe
Individual should work to better themselves
Rhetoric - Art of speaking persuasively

11. Socrates Teacher Education to improve the Individual
Socratic Method - to ask questions
“Answer a question with another question to arrive at the truth”
Reasoning
Executed by the people

12. Plato Student of Socrates School of Athens Higher world of Forms
The Republic - Plato’s Ideal State
Philosopher-King
Warriors
Society’s producers

13. Aristotle Rejected Plato’s Forms
Classifying and observations and analyzing the world
Scientific Method - science based on Aristotle's ideas

14. Epicureanism Stoicism
Founded by Epicurus in 4th Century BC
Human free to follow self- interest and make happiness their goal.
Be free of public activity.
Founded by Zeno
Seek happiness but find it living in harmony with the will of God
Public Service is noble

15. Socrates taught Plato
Plato taught Aristotle
Aristotle taught Alexander

16. Alexander the Great Of Macedonia

17. Philip II of Macedonia North of Greece Built Powerful Military
Wanted to unite Greek City-states under his rule
Dreamed of conquering Persia
Assassinated

18. Alexander the Great 20 years old = King of Macedonia
Great Leader and Military Strategy
The Cavalry = Mounted horsemen
Conquered the World to the East - Persia, Egypt, and to India
Returned to Babylon, died there at the age 32!

20. Alexander’s Legacy Follows the example of Achilles
Extended the Greek and Macedonian influence around the world.
Greek art, language, architecture, literature in the Middle East and North Africa.

21. Hellenistic Era Alexander’s Empire split into four parts
Partons of the Arts.
New Cities - Alexandria Egypt - Library
The Sciences:
Eratosthenes - Size of the Earth
Euclid - Plane Geometry
Archimedes - “pi” and Archimedes Screw