GREEK GOLDEN AGE

LOCATION OF GREECE

• Greece lies between Italy and Asia Minor
• A mixture of different terrains
• On the Balkan Peninsula.

GREEK ART

• Most paintings were made to show everyday life.
• Most scupltures were influenced from Egypt .
• They created sculptures of gods and goddesses then went to humans.
• Art was a way to show pride in their city state.
• Greek art has shown influences im modern art and artitechturess .

GREEK SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS AND MEDICINE

• Hippocrates Was one of the first to find out that disease comes from natural things.
• People found ways to treat people and tools to use for surgery.
• Came up with the pythagorean theorem
• Came up with geometry
• Found out more about the human body allowing them to preform surgeries .

GREEK HISTORIANS AND HISTORY

• Greeks cherished their history and made continuous recordings of ancient Greece.
• Were some of the first to record or write down their history
• Studied history a lot while in schooling
• Were big story tellers about their own city states

GREEK THEATER

• Most greek theater were either comedies or tragedies .
• The word thespian comes from the great greek actor Thespis.
• Dramatic performances were important to the Athenians.
• Became a way of telling greek myths or history