Glory that was Greece to Alexander the Great
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Glory that was Greece to Alexander the Great
Government Height of democracy
Male citizens held office
Ostracism: temporary banishment of a citizen, decided by popular vote
Pericles (Golden Age of Athens)
431 BC Conflict between Athens and Sparta Lasted 27 years
Aftermatha. Greece was politically unstableb. Athens 2nd rate powerc. City-state wars continue
Peloponnesian War
Philosophers- “lovers of wisdom”Rhetoric- the artful skill of speakingSocrates
Socratic Method: examine beliefs and ideas through critical questioning
Philosophers
Plato Academy: a special school in Athens for
teaching philosophy “The Republic”: Plato's view of the perfect
society 3 classes: philosophers, soldiers, & workers
Looked down on democracy Allegory of the Cave
Philosophers
Aristotle“Golden Mean”: the desirable middle between two extremes
Lyceum: school where he gave lectures
Philosophers
Drama & History
Tragedies Aeschylus, Sophocles, &Euripides
History Herodotus: Father of History Thucydides: History of the
Peloponnesian War
Goal to unite Greece Organized the best-disciplined army in
Macedonian history Used phalanxes
Philip II
Alexander the Great
Conquered Persian Empire
Established empire that extended from Greece to Egypt & India
Almost never lost a battle
Empire of Alexander the Great
Alexandria was capital of empire Most lasting achievement was the spread of
Greek culture (Hellenistic Culture)
Legacy of Alexander
Advances
Pythagoras- Pythagorean Theorem: derived a formula for the sides of a triangle
Euclid- basis of geometry
Advances Hippocrates-
considered to be the founder of medical science
Archimedes- applied physics to practical inventions- lever and pulley