The first presentation was on Pericles and the Golden Age:
- Pericles started his career in law courts
- born in 495 B.C.
- general, supporter, and speaker of the arts
- brought democracy to Athens
- passed laws that allowed the poor to attend plays
- had a costly strategy of seaborne attack
- plague hit Athens
- died in 429 B.C. from plague
- Golden Age started from 449-431 B.C.
- mainly grew around Athens
- Pericles uplifted people
- architecture and arts were built
- architecture built on acropolis
- sculptures started as stiff poses, but gradually became more lifelike
- tragedies and comedies
- plays written about 430 B.C.
- philosophers: Socrates, Plato
- Peloponnesian War ended Golden Age
- helmets protected head, neck, and face
- weapons: doru, xiphos
- hoplon: round shield; used to bash into other people
- breast plates
- greaves: shin guards; protect lower legs
- lokhor groups
- fought in ranks: phalanx formation
- up to the age of 60 - called to war
- hoplites were organized into regiments
- triremes - had 3 banks of oars; fast and graceful
- large in size, but light enough for the crew to get on shore
- built by pine, fir, and other softwoods
- mostly used in Persian Ward\
- Socrates lived in 470-399 B.C.
- Socratic method influenced scientific method
- disrespected the gods and corrupted the youth of Athens
- Aristotle disagreed with Plato's philosophical practices
- tutored Alexander the Great
- contributed to physics, biology, etc.
- Plato born 420 B.C.
- Socrates became mentor to Plato
- Republic - most influential work
- orders: doric, ionic, corinthian order
- doric: simplest
- ionic: recognized by it's capital
- looks more slender; usually taller
- corinthian: most decorative
- most modern
- makes the columns straight
- sculpture - huge part of Greek art
- major material: marble and bronze
- skill level went up during classical period
- hellenistic: peak of Greek sculpture
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