Transcript The Legacies of Ancient Greece

The Legacies of
Ancient Greece
What are legacies?
Legacies are traditions,
skills and knowledge of
a culture that get
passed on to people in
the future
Philosophy
Aristotle:Socrates
Student ofwanted
Plato
Socrates:
The rational
investigation of questions
What
is Philosophy?
Aristotle's
writings
wereknowledge
the first to
people to
learn to
think for
about
existence,
and ethics
create
a
comprehensive
system
of
themselves and establish a sense
Western
philosophy,
Plato:
Student
of
Socrates
of individual
identity,
a
concept
encompassing morality and
CRITICAL
to the
development
aesthetics,
logic
and science,
and
Founded
The
Academy
which was
of Western
the politics
first Civilization
institution for higher learning
in the Western World.
His teachings
greatly
Knowledge
is important,have
because
it results
influenced
Christian,
Islamic,
and
The Republic
which
guided
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Jewish
theology.
future
Western
societies as to what
Socratic
Method:
a form of inquiry and
is good
government
All aspects of Aristotle's
debate between individuals with opposing
philosophy
continue
toofbe
the
Stressed
the
importance
truth
viewpoints
based on
asking
and answering
object
of academic
studyand
today.
above
all else.
questions
to
stimulate
critical thinking
to
illuminate ideas
Teacher of Alexander the Great
Democracy
A government where the people have the right to
make decisions about leaders and laws
Demokratia-Power of the
people
Demo-People
Kratos-Power
Athens was the first largescale, functional democracy
The U.S. government is based on
Athenian democracy.
Democracy in Athens
Athens had the first democratic
constitution (a set of rules for how
the government should run)
All men over 20 years old could
participate in the Assembly (the
lawmaking group and model upon
which our Congress was
developed)
Each year 500 names of citizens
were drawn to be on the Council
of Five Hundred who ran the daily
business of Athens
Trial By Jury
When a group of citizens decides if a person is
innocent or guilty of a crime
• Serving on a jury was a citizen’s duty
• Jurors were paid for service
Before this concept, a
king or religious leader
determined who was
guilty and what their
punishment should be.
A trial before your
peers is now a right
guaranteed to all of you
by the Constitution of
the United States of
America
The Theater
Tragedies
Plays about suffering
Aeschelus
Comedies
Plays with a happy ending that
pokes fun at certain types of
people
Aristophenes
Lasting impact on such later writers
as Shakespeare
Olympic Games
• The games were first held in 776
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They were held every four years
Held in honor of Zeus
Brought athletes from citystates all across Greece to
compete
Wars were put on hold to hold
the Games
Held at the base of Mt.
Olympus
Events included; Boxing, Pentathlon,
Wrestling, Javelin, Discus, and Races
Marathon
• Footrace that is 26 miles, 385 yards
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long
That is the distance from Marathon
to Athens
Pheidippides ran to Athens (about
26 miles) to announce the victory of
the Athenian army over the
Persians
He reached Athens, cried out
Nike! (goddess of victory), and fell
over dead.
Greek Architecture
Architecture
The Parthenon in
Athens
The Supreme Court
Building in Washington
D.C.
Why would so many U.S. government buildings
have been built using Greek architecture?
Architecture
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Memorial,
Washington,
D.C.
Memorial,
Washington, D.C.
Heaven on Earth
The Parthenon, Athens
Classification of All Living Things
Developed by Aristotle as a way to group plants
and animals that have similar characteristics
Helped develop many scientific
fields such as Biology
Still in use today, in your Biology
class!
The Scientific Method
Process used by scientists to study something
Ask a question
Research
Form a Hypothesis
Test your Hypothesis
Hippocratic Oath
A list of rules about practicing medicine
that doctors today still promise to follow
•Do what is best for the patient
•The doctor/patient relationship is sacred and privileged
Hippocrates
was the
“Father of
Scientific
Medicine”
Believed that
disease came
from natural
causes not
evil spirits
His
philosophies
still guide
doctors to
this day
The Legacies of
Ancient Greece
The influence of
the Ancient
Greeks is all
around you. It has
shaped the
development of
the world and will
continue to do so.
This is why we
study it.
12 Major Greek Gods
Zeus
King of the
Gods
Ruled Mt. Olympus
God of Thunder and the
Sky
12 Major Greek Gods
Hera
Queen of the
Gods
Wife of Zeus
Goddess of
marriage
12 Major Greek Gods
Apollo
The Sun God
Creative, handsome,
supportive of all the
arts of civilization
12 Major Greek Gods
Aphrodite
Goddess of Love, Beauty
and Sexuality
Aphrodite was a gorgeous,
perfect, and eternally
young woman. The other
Goddesses were jealous
of her beauty.
12 Major Greek Gods
Ares
God of War
More accurately, Ares
was the god of
bloodthirst, or
slaughter personified
12 Major Greek Gods
Athena
Goddess of Wisdom
The favorite child of
Zeus.
Patron Goddess of
Athens
Also considered the
Goddess of War
12 Major Greek Gods
Poseidon
God of the sea
Brother of Zeus
Caused earthquakes
when angry or for
vengeance
12 Major Greek Gods
Hephaestus
God of Technology
Blacksmith
Married to Aphrodite
despite his ugly
appearance
12 Major Greek Gods
Hermes
The Messenger of the
Gods
Patron of boundaries and
the travelers who cross
them
12 Major Greek Gods
Artemis
Goddess of the Hunt
Also known as the Virgin
Moon Goddess
Goddess of Chastity
12 Major Greek Gods
Demeter
Goddess of Harvest and
Fertility
The bringer of seasons
12 Major Greek Gods
Dionysus
God of Wine
The God of
celebrations and
festivals
The 13th Major Greek God
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God of
Awesomeness
Also known as the God of
English and Tennis