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Kylix | Amphora | Murals |
Kylix
Amphora
Murals
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Myron A focus on perfection, almost God-like | Phidas A focus on perfection, almost God-like | Praxiteles CHANGE: Focus on how people actually look |
Myron
Phidas
Praxiteles
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Aeschylus | Sophocles | Euripides |
Aeschylus
Sophocles
Euripides
Comedy ------------------------------------------
Satire --> Usually focused on mocking rulers/officials
Impact: provided an outlet for the people to make fun of political leaders
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Socrates Socratic Method: Asking questions, defending statements Absolute Truth | Plato Recorded conversations w/ Socrates The Republic: more importance to the state than the individual, preferred Spartan gov to Athenian Democracy; Distrusted lower classes, only educated, intelligent people should rule Rejected the senses Believed in the "ideal form" understood through logical thought & reasoning | Aristotle Golden Mean Syllogism (presenting an argument through logic) Science: use the senses for observation, Earth is the center of the solar system Gov: analyzed pros/cons; ideal is a balance between monarchy/aristocracy/democracy; power to the middle class |
Socrates
Absolute Truth
Plato
The Republic: more importance to the state than the individual, preferred Spartan gov to Athenian Democracy; Distrusted lower classes, only educated, intelligent people should rule
Rejected the senses
Believed in the "ideal form" understood through logical thought & reasoning
Aristotle
Syllogism (presenting an argument through logic)
Science: use the senses for observation, Earth is the center of the solar system
Gov: analyzed pros/cons; ideal is a balance between monarchy/aristocracy/democracy; power to the middle class
Herodotus
historian but greatly exaggerated and didn't really focus on facts
Impact:
- We learn a lot about Greek culture and history from him (if even in a vague sense)
Thucydides
Focused on accuracy and facts using eye witnesses and first hand experience as a general
Answered the questions:
What makes nations go to war?
How can politics elevate pr poison a society?
What is the measure of a great leader or a great democracy?
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Thales astronomy & mathematics water is the basic substance of everything | Pythagoras explored nature through numbers basis for geometry Pythagorean Theorem World is Round & revolved around a fixed point | Hippocrates Hippocratic Oath: still taken by doctors today Hygiene: proper health care, sound diet and plenty of rest |
Thales
water is the basic substance of everything
Pythagoras
basis for geometry
Pythagorean Theorem
World is Round & revolved around a fixed point
Hippocrates
Hygiene: proper health care, sound diet and plenty of rest
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Zeno (Stoicism) Philosopher founded Stoicism: what happened to people was governed by natural laws reasoning > emotion = happiness | Diogenes (Cynic) criticized materialism happiness= giving up luxuries | Epicurus (Epicureanism) avoid both joy and pain by accepting the world around you, ignoring politics and living simply with a few close friends |
Zeno (Stoicism)
founded Stoicism: what happened to people was governed by natural laws
reasoning > emotion = happiness
Diogenes (Cynic)
happiness= giving up luxuries
Epicurus (Epicureanism)
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Eratosthenes (Science) estimated the Earth's circumference w/in 1% | Euclid (Math) The Elements of Geometry: organized all the information about geometry | Archimedes Invented the compound pulley discovered principle of buoyancy demonstrated the lever |
Eratosthenes (Science)
Euclid (Math)
Archimedes
discovered principle of buoyancy
demonstrated the lever