• Created theater to honor Dionysus (god of wine), and patron god of the Greek stage.
Poetry;• Homer: wrote
epic poems; Iliad (Trojan War), and Odyssey (Odysseus’ journey home from Trojan War).
• Statues had a three-dimensional pose.• Admiration of the human body.
Egyptian Art
Greek Art
• Parthenon - temple of Athena on the Acropolis in Athens. • Commissioned by Pericles in the 5th century B.C.E..
• Thales of Miletus, (father of science)
• Developed idea that the world can be understood without resorting to supernatural explanations.
Science:
• Hippocrates; father of modern medicine, discovered scientific reasons for ailments.
• Pythagoras; Pythagorean theorem, and calculated the value of pie.
• Eratosthenes; made the first accurate measurement of the Earth's diameter.
• Rocky and mountainous land discouraged easy farming.
• Depend heavily on seagoing
trade.
• Agriculture based on olive and grapes. • Olive oil and wine were major exports.
• Silver coins• The most common valuable metal in the region.
• Social Stratification
• Patriarchal society.
• The upper class men, controlled important political positions.
• Merchants/middle class; engaged in manufacturing, trade, and commerce.
• Farmers; poorer citizens.
• Females had few rights.
• Stayed home to discourage contact with other men.
• Purpose was the rearing of children.
• Marriage organized by the father.
• Married at thirteen or fourteen.
• Husband paid a dowry for wife.
• Spartan boys, at aged seven, left homes and entered the Agoge.
• The goal was to produce military men.
• Slave population range from between 15 and 40% of total population.
That concludes The Greeks.
Any questions before the quiz on the next slide?