The Golden Age Of Greece
By: Shannon Graziano
Golden Age
The period in which Greek culture reached its peak. This was a period of great peace, prosperity, and happiness. This period of time was around 500 to 300 BC. During this time Greeks had great success in art, architecture, government, poetry, and literature.
Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great was born on July 20, 356 B.C. Alexander was a prince, the son of the prince of Macedonia. He united the Greek city-states and led the Corinthian League. Alexander became the king of Persia, Babylon and Asia, he also created Macedonian colonies in Iran. Alexander was trained to be a ruler, a warrior and a leader of men.
Homer
Homer was a blind poet, Homer was born between the 8th and 9th century. He was also said to be a court singer and a story teller. Due to the lack of information known about Homer, many scholars hold the poems themselves as the best windows into his life.
Pericles
Pericles was born in 495 BC in Athens, Greece. Pericles was known for being the leader of Athens during its golden age. Pericles family was wealthy and his father, Xanthippus, was a popular general. Because of his family's wealth, Pericles had some of the best teachers in Athens. He loved to learn and he studied subjects such as music, politics, ethics, and philosophy.
Three Areas of Achievement
The ancient Greeks excelled in studying Math, Science and Art. One example of how Greeks excelled in Math was the Greek Geometer Euclid made the main geometry textbook of the west for hundreds of years, called Euclid's Elements and it remained the basis of all geometry texts right up through the 1970's.
One example of how Greeks excelled in Science was the Greeks were the first to explore scientific areas. The Greeks believed that the world was made up of four fundamental elements, these elements turned out to be indivisible particles called atoms. Now because of the Greeks we found out that there is a lot more elements then four, we now believe that atoms can be divided into more particles.
One example of how Greeks excelled in Art was the Greeks excelled in sculpture. Their works were impressive in handling of human anatomies, and details like hair and clothing. Also the building on Athenian Acropolis are a great area of achievement.