Greece’s Golden Age
Pericles’ Goals
1. _______________________________________
A. _____________________________ people speak for
themselves (no representatives)
B. _________________government officials – poor men
could now serve in the government
2. _______________________________________
- money from the Delian League (alliance of Greek citystates led by Athens) to build up Athens' ___________
3. ________________________________________
- use money from the Delian League to purchase gold, ivory,
and marble and beautify Athens  rebuilt acropolis, built new
temples for the gods, built the Parthenon, etc…
Athens  _____________________________ of Greece
Greek Art
Architecture – _________________ (dedicated to Athena),
Design (reflect the order and harmony of the universe),
Greek columns (____________, ___________, &
__________________________)
Sculpture – emphasized natural poses (athletes in motion),
realistic (lifelike), and idealistic (gods, goddesses, athletes,
etc…)
Sculpture: ___________________
1. Sculptor
2. Statue of Zeus
Vases and Pottery
Images of ________________ on vases and pottery
Greek Drama
 __________________________
1. Playwright
2. Tragedies
3. Pride could bring misfortune/the gods
could bring down even the greatest hero
4. The Oresteia (The Trojan Wars)
 ___________________________
1. Playwright
2. People, not gods, were the cause of
human misfortune
3. The Trojan Women (showed suffering of
women during the Peloponnesian War)
Greek Philosophy
 _________________________________
1. Examine one’s beliefs and ideas
2. ___________________________Method  question and
answer technique to lead pupils to see
things for themselves by using their own
reason
3. Believed all real knowledge is within each
person – “the unexamined life is not worth
living”
____________________________________
1. Student of Socrates
2. Use reason to create the ideal society
3. State should regulate all aspects of a
person’s life – did not trust democracy
4. Wrote The Republic (ideal state)
a. Philosopher-king (rulers)
b. Soldiers (protectors)
c. Workers (producers)
 _______________________________
1. Student of Plato
2. Did not trust democracy
3. Rule by a virtuous leader (moral
example)
4. Reason  guided force for learning
Herodotus 
 Herodotus
1. Father of ___________________
2. Stressed the importance of research and bias
3. Wrote _______________________________
Thucydides
1. History of the _____________________________
2. Placed a lot of emphasis on accuracy and
Precision of facts
Hippocrates 
 Hippocrates
1. Doctor
2. __________________________________  do no harm (rule of ethics for doctors)
Phidias 
Sculpture: Phidias
1. ___________________
2. Statue of Zeus
Homer 
1. Writer
2. _____________________________
Math & Science
 _____________________________
1. Physicist
2. Lever and pulley for moving heavy and
large objects
 _____________________________
1. Mathematician
2. The Elements – basis for modern geometry
 _____________________________
1. Mathematician
2. Pythagorean Theorem