Transcript Golden Age of Athens

Golden Age of Athens
Olympics
games held in honor of Zeus at Olympia
began in 776 BC
held every 4 years for over 1000 years
drama
literary form that is performed by actors
invented in Athens
world’s first actor: Thespis
two main categories:
– tragedy
– comedy
Greek literature
Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey
– Illustrates Ideals of courage, intelligence
and strength
–
Greek Art
Focused on accurately portraying
human form
Depicted shifting weight and
movement
Myron’s
Discobolos
Classical
Hellenistic
Greek architecture
Greek architecture revolved around
the Colum
Doric
Peloponnesian War (431-404 BC)
27-year war between Athens and Sparta
Peloponnesian War (431-404 BC)
27-year war between Athens and
Sparta
Athens was weakened by a plague
Sparta eventually won
Athens was no longer the dominant
city-state
Golden Age of Athens ends
history
the Greeks were the first to write
history
world’s first historians:
– Herodotus (484–c. 425 BC)
considered the father of
history
wrote the history of the
Persian Wars
– Thucydides (c. 460–c. 400 BC)
wrote the history of the
Peloponnesian War