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Title: Hellenism


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Hellenism
  • East Meets West

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Alexandria, Egypt
  • Center of all Hellenistic culture.
  • Thriving commerce
  • Mixture of eastern/western cultures melded

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Hellenistic Science Tech
  • Astronomy Aristarchus v. Ptolemy
  • Aristarchus earth is 300x larger than Earth
    heliocentric theory
  • Ptolemy geocentric theory
  • Eratosthenes circumference of earth is between
    28-29,000 mi. Actual circumference is 24,860!

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Hellenistic Mathematics
  • Geometry Euclid
  • The Elements
  • Physics Archimedes
  • 3.14..... Importance?
  • Law of the lever
  • Compound pulley

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Hellenistic Philosophy
  • Stoicism (Zeno)
  • Live virtuously in harmony
  • Human desires, power, dangerous!
  • Epicureanism (Epicurus)
  • Main goal of humans is to achieve harmony of
    body/mind
  • You dont have to give up worldly pleasuresenjoy
    them in moderation!
  • Eat, drink be merry!

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Hellenistic Art
  • Qualities Emotion motion

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Hellenistic Art Contd
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Hellenistic Art
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Classical or Hellenistic??
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Classical or Hellenistic?
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