Post on 01-Jan-2016
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Democratic Contributions of the
Greeks
SOLON - 630-560B.C.E.
• Citizens may: vote, have public debate, hold public office, bring charges against wrongdoers.
• Solon creates: the Council of 400, a fairer code of laws, and political and social reforms.
CLEISTHENES 508B.C.E.
• Citizens may sit on juries and submit laws for debate and passage
• Establishes a democratic constitution.• Breaks up the power of the nobility• Creates the Council of 500• Is know as the “Founder of Democracy in
Athens”
PERICLES
• The Golden Age of Athens/The Age of Pericles• Citizens are paid as jurors and for official public
jobs• Creates a fairer code of laws• Direct Democracy• 3 Branches of Government:
Executive: enforce the lawsLegislative: pass lawsJudicial: interpret the laws
And More Contributions…
• The Olympics• Philosophy: Socratic Method, Plato’s “Republic”
& philosopher-kings, Aristotle’s “Politics” & Politeia (Constitutional Gov.)
• Literature: Homer’s “Iliad” and “The Odyssey” • Theater: Dramas/Tragedies revolve around the
idea of fate and character flaws leading to someone’s greatness and then ruin.
• Historians:• Herodotus- 1st history book: “The History
of the Persian Wars” (colors the facts to add to the story)
• Thucydides 1st accurate historical work: “The History of the Peloponnesian Wars”
And more….
• Science & Math: predict solar eclipse, Pythagorean Theorem & geometry
• Art: sculptors idealize the human body:
Architecture
Architecture
• Doric Columns
Ionic Column
Corinthian Column
Frieze