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Golden Age of GreeceMadnick/Global History 9
Golden Age of Greece• After the Persian Wars Greece had its
Golden Age (460-330BCE) --a period when a culture has wealth, peace, and
great achievements
• The Golden Age of Greece took place in Athens
ArchitectureThe Parthenon
• 447 BCE• Architects: Ictinus and Callicrates • rectangular floor--101 ft. by 228 ft • 46 columns--8 front and back/17 on sides• Steps on all sides• White marble• Post and beam architecture—verticals support
horizontals• Mathematical Ratio of 9:4
ArchitectureThe Parthenon
ArchitectureThe Parthenon
• Contained a 40 ft. statue of Athena ParthenosGreek goddess of universal wisdomsymbol of human intelligence No straight line or right anglesColumns taper and bend inwardCorner columns are largerBase has a 12-cm. curveBuilt on the Acropolis-highest area of Athens• Meant to blend in with curve of the hill and horizon
Art
• The Scraper• By Lysippos• 330 BCE• 6’9” White marble• Contrapposto the leaning position of a
human figure in sculpture or painting; weight shift at the hip
Art
• Discus Thrower• By Myron• 450 BCE• Human figure looks real• Nude human figure
considered beautiful
Which one has realism?
What was beautiful to the Greeks?
• Wisdom and intelligence
• Realism-showing things as they really are
• Individualism-the importance of individual people
• Reason—logical, scientific thinking that focuses on facts
• Order• Balance
Literature
The world’s first comedies and tragedies were written by Greek playwrights:
• Sophocles wrote comedies that mocked religion and the gods
• Euripides wrote tragedies about humans with problems
beyond their control
Philosophy
Philosophy = thinking about truth and wisdom
Socratesquestioned students until they found
their own answers; AKA “Socratic Method”
Platodescribed the perfect government in a
book called The RepublicAristotleused reason to describe nature; father
of physics and biology
Science
Eratosthenesmeasured the Earth’s circumference
AristarchusHeliocentric Theory- Earth revolves
around the sun
Euclid—Geometry
Pythagorus--Pythagorean theorum