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Title: Golden Age of Athens
Description: This is a description of what went down during the golden age of Athens, Pericles , and how the golden age of Athens came to be.
Description: This is a description of what went down during the golden age of Athens, Pericles , and how the golden age of Athens came to be.
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Who were important cultural figures in Athens?
● Philosophers translates to “lovers of wisdom”
● Greeks explored many subjects like math and music
● They used logic or rational thinking
● Athenians debated questions about governments and the standards of human behavior
● Sophists were a group of people that questioned ideas
○ They developed skills like rhetoric, or the language of skillful speaking
○ However many people thought this undermined athenian culture
● An outspoken critic was socrates, he was a stonemason and philosopher
○ He didn't write things down, he would take to people in the town hall
● The socratic method he would ask passing people questions and have them examine the
value of their answers
● However when he was 70 he was put on trial for corrupting the youth and failing to respect
the gods
○ He got the death sentence
● Plato was another philosopher big in Athens, he opened an academy in Athens
○ He emphasized ideals like reason
○ He did not like democracy, he thought that the state should control every aspect of
its citizens
○ He thought that society should be divided into three classes: workers, soldiers, and
philosophers
○ He thought men were better than women generally
● One of plato's students was named Aristotle who came up with his own principles
● He was also very suspicious of democracy, and he prefered a monarch
● He also set up a school that taught a variety of subjects like ethics and science
● Many works even today are based off of aristotle
How did art and architecture affect Athens?
● Architects wanted to convey balance and harmony in their work
● Famous greek structure is the Parthenon which was a temple dedicated to the goddess
Athena
● Many buildings today take from elements that were used in the Parthenon to make
buildings
● Greeks changed sculpture from a rigid form to a more natural flowing form
Title: Golden Age of Athens
Description: This is a description of what went down during the golden age of Athens, Pericles , and how the golden age of Athens came to be.
Description: This is a description of what went down during the golden age of Athens, Pericles , and how the golden age of Athens came to be.