Greeces Golden and Hellenistic Age Chapter 6

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Greeces Golden and Hellenistic AgeChapter 6

• World History/Geography
• Mr. Holguin

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The Arts

• Parthenon- White marble temple in honor of
  Athena.
• Myron and Phidias- Considered to be 2 of the
  greatest sculptors.
• Praxiteles- Created more lifelike sculptures

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Philosophy

• Socrates-Students should think for themselves
  through the use of questions.
• Plato- Founder of the Academy, he wrote dialogues
  dealing with government and justice.
• Aristotle- felt that every field of knowledge
  should be logically organized.

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Mathematics

• Pythagoras- Created the Pythagorean Theorem.
• Hippocrates- Father of medical science. Doctors
  today still take the Hippocratic Oath to heal the
  sick.

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History and Theater

• Herodotus- 1st historian of the Western world.
• Dramas- Plays with conflict and intense emotion.
• Tragedies- a hero struggles against fate.
• Comedy- poked fun at ideas and people.

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ALEXANDER THE GREAT

• Phillip II of Macedon- Became king in 359 BC, and
  fathered Alexander.
• ATG used his great military skills to defeat
  Persia in 331BC.
• His goal was to unite the entire known world
  under a single empire.

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Spread of Greece

• ATG spread Greek culture to every conquered land.
• He forced 10,000 of his troops to marry Persian
  women to promote unity.
• The synthesis of Greek and Asian ideals is known
  as Hellenistic culture.

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Alexander the Greats Empire
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Hellenistic Culture- Philosophy

• Zeno- people should accept their fates without
  complaints.
• Epicurus- The goal of life is to seek pleasure
  and avoid pain at all costs.

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More Math

• Euclid- Created many geometric principles that
  are still taught today.
• Archimedes- Figured the value of Pi, invented the
  compound pulley, and conducted many experiments
  with water.

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Astronomy and Geography

• Aristarchus- believed that earth moved around the
  sun.
• Eratosthenes- Calculated the distance around the
  earth using the suns rays and geometry.