1. 1. According to
Pericles, what made
Athens great?
2. Why do you think
Pericles would call
Athens the “school
of Greece”?
3. How did he help
Athens dominate
the Delian League?
4. How did Pericles
make Athens more
democratic?
5. How did culture in
Athens blossom
under Pericles?
2. When was it?
◦ The period of
roughly 480 BC-404
BC
What was it?
◦ A time when Athens
produced some of
the most enduring
cultural artifacts of
the Western
tradition
Why did it occur?
◦ End of the Persian
Wars
◦ Delian League
established
3.
4. Public buildings and
spaces were the pride
of Athens
Acropolis “high city”-
temples to the gods
8. “Lovers of wisdom”
◦ Philos- lover
◦ Sophist-wise
Believed the human
mind could
understand everything
Socrates, Plato, Aristotl
e, Pythagoras
9. Socrates
◦ Socratic
Method-
Asked
students to
use their
reason and
see things
for
themselves
◦ Put to death
for
“threatening
” leaders
◦ Drank
poison to
carry out
jury’s
sentence
10. One of Socrates’ students
Wrote “The Republic”
◦ Society should be arranges
like this:
◦ Top: Philosopher-Kings, who
rule with reason
◦ Warriors- to defend
◦ The Rest- Driven by desire
Started a school called the
Academy
11. Student of Plato
Taught the Golden
Mean- people should
do nothing in excess
Used scientific
approach to solve
problems
13. Extremely important to
the Greeks- this is
shown in the temples
Gods and goddesses
had power over an area
of life
Example:
◦ Ares: god of war
◦ Apollo: god of sun,
poetry, and music
14. Oracle- “to
speak”
Oracles were
thought to be
portals
through which
the gods
spoke directly
to people
16. •Cornice is the set of crowning moldings
that cap an entablature in Classical
architecture.
cornice •The Doric order is characterized by the
series of triglyphs and metopes on the
entablature.
•Each metope was occupied by a panel of
triglyph relief sculpture.
metope
•Architrave:The word is derived from the
Greek word for main beam.
architrave •Capital: The topmost element of the
column, helps to transfer loads from
beams to columns.
capital
•Shaft: The long round section of a
flute shaft column between the base and the capital.
20. The Ionic style is thinner
and more elegant.
The capital is decorated
with a scroll-like design
21.
22. The Corinthian style is
seldom used in the Greek
world, but often seen on
Roman temples.
The capital is very
elaborate and decorated
with leaves
24. Amphi- means "around" in
Greek.
The amphitheatre was the place
where people went to see fights.
Usually outdoor arenas where
people watched sporting events
and plays.