GREEK GOLDEN AGE

• Started In the 400s B.C. Greece entered a new era of cultural progress.
• Thus, we call this period the golden age of greek culture.
• Athens stood as the symbol of Greece's golden age.
• The city's wealth and power drew artists and teachers from across Greece.
• These people worked to make Athens a center of learning and artistic achievement

ARCHITECTURE

• A high hill called Acropolis was the center of the original city-state.
• At the top of the Acropolis stood the the PARTHENON, a white marble temple built in honor of Athena.

PAINTING

• The Greeks were very fond of painting on vases
• They painted graceful and natural movements of their subjects

SCULPTURE

• Myron & Phidias were two of histories greatest sculptors.
• Myron created the famous Discus Thrower.
• Phidias created the statue of Athena.

THE RISE OF PHILOSOPHY

• Philosophy was one of Greeks greatest achievements.
• The first Greek philosopher was Thales of Miletus.
• Thales and others wanted to understand the nature of the cosmos, or universe.

SOCRATES

• One of the most important thinkers.
• He taught that education was the key to personal growth.
• Socrates did not use memorization as a teaching tool instead he taught to think for themselves.
• Socrates's enemies falsely accused himof denying the existence of many Greek gods, he was
• Found guilty and was executed.

PLATO

• A wealthy young aristocrat and the greatest of Socrates students.
• After the death of Socrates, he founded the Academy, a special school in Athens for teaching
• philosophy

MATHEMATICS & MEDICINE

• Pythagoras founded the Pythagorean theorem
• Hippocrates is the founder of medical science

GREEK THEATER

• Dramas plays containing action or dialogue & conflict
• Tragedies, the main character struggled against fate or events
• Comedies, these plays made fun of of ideas and people

THE MAP OF GREECE

GREEK GOLDEN AGE POWER POINT