Chapter 5 Section 3

Greece’s Golden Age

Direct democracyClassical artTragedyComedyPeloponnesian WarPhilosopherSocratesPlatoAristotle

Vocab

Pericles’ Plan for AthensPericles

Wise statesmenHeld public office for 32

yearsSkillful politician,

inspiring speaker, respected general

3 goals for Athens1) strengthen democracy2) strengthen empire3) glorify Athens

Stronger Democracy:

Increased number of paid public officialsNow even a poor citizen can serve in officeAthens one of most democratic governments in

history

Direct Democracy : Citizens rule directly; not through representatives

Pericles’ Plan

Our constitution is called a democracy because power is in the hands not of a minority but of the people. When it is a question of settling private disputes, everyone is equal before the law; when it is a question of putting one person before another in positions of public responsibility, what counts is not membership in a particular class, but the actual ability which the man possesses. No one, so long as he has it in him to be of service to the state, is kept in political obscurity because of poverty.

-Pericles, “The Funeral Oration”

Primary Source – Democracy

Athenian Empire:Used money from Delian League to grow navy

Athens had largest navy in the Mediterranean

Important- needed over seas supplies

Pericles’ Plan

Glorify Athens:Pericles used large sums of money to beautify

Athens

Bought lots gold, ivory, and marble

Goal was to have the greatest artists in Greece create magnificent sculptures and buildings to glorify Athens

Pericles’ Plan

Parthenon:Temple built to honor Athena- goddess of

wisdom and protector of AthensGreek architecture set standards for artist for

generations.Classical Art: Greek portrayal of ideal

beauty; not reality

Architecture

Peloponnesian War: Athens vs. Sparta 431 B.C.E. Athens had stronger navy

Sparta stronger army

Pericles tries to wait to engage Spartans on the sea.

Eventually Sparta moved toward Athens burning all food supplies as they wentAthens is struck by a plague that kills nearly 1/3 of

the population

Athens and Sparta go to War!

Peloponnesian War

After 10 years of war both sides sign a truce

415 B.C.E. Athens sends 20,000 men to the island of Sicily to fight against Syracuse a wealthy ally of Sparta.

They are badly defeated

In 404 B.C.E Athens finally surrenders; they had lost their empire, power and wealth

Athens vs Sparta