Pre-Quiz Bellringer:
• Get
your notebook in order for the
Notebook Quiz today.
• It
is on pages 26-50.
Post-Quiz Bellringer:
• On
a sheet of paper, brainstorm ideas to
answer the question below. When everyone is
done with the quiz, talk to your neighbors
about your ideas. Be prepared to offer points
for discussion with the whole class.
• What
does a civilization need in
order to experience a “Golden Age”?
Table of Contents Update:
• 61:
Notes: Golden Age of Athens
• 62:
Notebook Quiz #2
Homework:
• Read
the Greek Culture section (pages
51-56) from the AP textbook. You
should “reactive” read this
(annotations, highlighting, etc.).
The Golden
Age of Athens
Ms. Allen
2015-16
Pre-AP WHI
The Start of the Golden Age
•
The Persian Wars (499-480 BC) were decisive in
the history of the West.
 Greece wins!
•
Had the Greeks been defeated, today’s Western
world would look different!
 The cultural and political vitality we associate and
inherit from the Greeks would never have evolved.
•
The Persian Wars propelled Athens to its
“Golden Age.”
Setting the Stage for the Golden
Age
• 477
to 431 BC:
• Intellectual
increased
• During
• Drama,
& artistic learning greatly
the GOLDEN AGE:
sculpture, poetry, science
architecture, philosophy, etc. promoted and
advances in Greece
Enter Pericles
•
Pericles = central political
figure in Athens during the
Golden Age
•
More “behind the scenes”
influence
•
Credited with making
Athens a cultural center
•
Developed public works
(Parthenon)
Enter Pericles: How did Pericles
earn credibility as a ruler?
• Leader
of a faction of
government that favored
spreading democracy at
home and abroad.
• He
also stressed including
all classes
• Fought
in the Battle of
Salamis
Enter Pericles: What role did
Pericles play in Athenian
government? How did he further
this role?
•
Expanded involvement of
Athenians in democracy.
 Lower class citizens
eligible for office
•
Generals could be reelected
without limit (helped him
stay in power).
Politics and Government: Nature
of Athenian Democracy
• Three
main bodies:
 Assembly- all citizens eligible to take part in government
 The Council of 500- wrote the laws that would be voted on by
the Assembly
 Complex Court Systems- 6,000 people from the Assembly
would hear trials and sentence criminals.
• The Archon- served as chief of state (9 elected)
 Head of both the Council of 500 and Assembly, elected for
one year term
Politics and Government: Definition
of Athenian Citizen
• CITIZEN = Only free men
over the age of 30 who
completed military training; typically land-owning.
 Only about 10% of population could participate in
government affairs.
 Vote in all elections
 Serve in office if elected
 Serve on juries
 Serve in military during war
Greek Drama
• Tragedies, plays that told
stories of human suffering
that usually ended in
disaster.
 Aeschylus, Sophocles, and
Euripides
• Comedies, humorous plays
that mocked people or
customs.
 Aristophanes
Characteristics of Plays
Comedy
•
Use of grotesque
masks and obscene
jokes to entertain.
Tragedy
•
Contained a suffering
hero and usually
ended in disaster.
Purpose or Agenda of Plays
•
•
Criticizing the
government
Address contemporary
social issues.
•
Good and evil
•
Conflict between
spiritual values and
demands of the state
Art
• Statues
active.
very lifelike and
What were the techniques that made Greek
sculpture unique?
•
More relaxed/flexible style.
•
Faces showed feeling and attitude
•
Ideal standard of beauty in figures.
•
Ideal proportions found through
mathematical ratios.
History & Science
•
History
 Herodotus “first historian” or “father of history”
 Writes about the Persian Wars
 Thucydides showed the need to avoid bias.
 Will write about the Peloponnesian Wars
 Considered a “scientific” historian
•
Medicine
 Hippocrates & the Hippocratic Oath – all patients
must be treated regardless of class
End is near: Golden Age isn’t all
golden
•
Athens’ rapid growth and achievement alarmed Greece.
•
City-states felt threatened by Athens’ imperial attitude.
•
Will lead to formation of Peloponnesian League by the
Spartans and eventually the Peloponnesian War