Transcript A Golden Age

The Golden Age of Greece
Ms. Mack’s favorite part of history…
What does it mean to be “golden?”
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Shiny?
Pretty?
Valuable?
Apex?
Time-tested?
Greece’s Golden Age
• 477-431 BCE (post-Persian Wars).
• Demonstrated by Athens.
• Political, economic, and cultural achievement
that stood the test of time.
What is humanism?
• The belief in human potential.
• Humans can work to create time-tested:
– Political Institutions.
– Economic Institutions.
– Cultural Institutions.
• In short, humans can control their lives!!!!!!
Greece’s Golden Age
• Humanism.
• Culture:
– Drama
– Science/Math/Technology
– Art/Architecture
• Government.
Drama
• Tragedy:
– Sophocles
and Oedipus
the King and
Antigone.
• Comedy:
– Aristophanes
and
Lysistrata.
Science/Art/Technology
• Astronomy: Ptolemy and the geocentric
universe, Eratosthenese and the
circumference of the earth.
• Math: Archimedes and the Archimedes screw,
pi.
Architecture
• The Parthenon:
– Salamis Stone.
– Golden Ratio.
– NOVA.
– Vetruvian Man?
the golden ratio = 1.61803399
Politics
• 461 – 429: Pericles.
• 3 Goals:
– Strengthen Athenian democracy.
• Public officials.
• Direct democracy.
– Strengthen the empire.
• Delian League.
• Uh oh, Peloponnesus.
– Glorify Athens.
• Parthenon.
• Art and the ideal of beauty.
Philosophy 101
• Phil = lover of, Soph = wisdom
• 2 enduring understandings:
– The universe (sky, sea, and land) is put together in
an orderly way and is subect to unchanging laws.
– People can understand these law through logic and
wisdom.
• Sophists: Pythygoras, Truth?
Philosophy
Socrates
Plato
Aristotle
– 470-399 BCE.
– 427-347 BCE.
– 384-322 BCE.
– Self-knowledge. – The Academy.
– Question!
– Socratic method. – The Republic
– Basis of the
and philospherscientific
– Hemlock.
kings .
method.
– Alexander.
How does humanism influence a
civilization?
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Question!
“Man” can make their own decisions.
Religion? Gods?
Values?
Traditions?
The most dangerous thing you can do is…
THINK FOR YOURSELF!