Transcript wrote comedies Tragedy Serious – love, hate, war, betrayal

Evolution of
Democracy
in Athens
Draco
(Before the Persian Wars…struggles between aristocrats and commoners)
 issued new law code w/ VERY
harsh penalties
 draconian – something very cruel
and severe
Solon
 Reforms
 outlawed
debt slavery
 could
bring charges against
wrongdoers
 created
a jury!
Cleisthenes
 citizenship expanded to all free
males born in Athens
The Golden Age
(480 – 430 BCE)
Pericles – led Athens after the
Persian Wars
 3 Goals:
 Strengthen
democracy
 Build Athenian Empire (expand land)
 Glorify Athens (buildings and inventions)
The Parthenon
clip
Art
Phidias -
Sculptor
 Statue
of Athena
in Parthenon
Greek Sculpture
Architecture
Ionic
Corinthian
Doric
Drama
Comedy
 Slapstick/crude humor
 Aristophanes – wrote
comedies
Tragedy
 Serious – love, hate,
war, betrayal
 Sophocles – wrote
tragedies
Theatre at Delphi
Philosophy
Socrates
Plato
469-399 BCE
427-347 BCE
Encouraged
questioning
Condemned to
death for
“corrupting” the
youth
Drinks hemlock
(poison)
Socrates - Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
Student of Socrates
Founded school
called the “Academy”
Wrote the Republic
Philosopher: “lover of wisdom”
Aristotle
384-322 BCE
Student at Plato’s
“Academy”
Opened new school called
the “Lyceum” in Athens
Invented method of
arguing according to rules
of logic
Taught Alexander the
Great
War…again!
Between who?
Peloponnesian War
 Athens continues to expand

(uses $ Delian League)
 Sparta forms Peloponnesian League and declared
war on Athens (Macedonia joined with Sparta)
Peloponnesian War
TWO MAJOR EVENTS:
 Plague hits Athens (1/3 – 2/3 ppl die)
 415 BCE - Athens sends a huge fleet (27,000
soldiers) that is defeated
 After 27 yrs of war, Athens lost its empire,
wealth, and power