2. What is the golden age?
1. A period of
peace, harmony, stability, ,prospe
rity and wealth.
2. Lasted from 479 to 431 BC.
3. During this time, Athenians
made great progress in
arts, philosophy and literature.
3. Golden age art
1.Parthenon was the temple for the
goddess Athena.
2. The golden age had many treasured
sculptures and arts.
3. When the artists did sculptures they
tried to make them look
realistic, lifelike and accurate and
show action.
4. Golden Age Additional Facts
1.The golden age was a search for knowledge
2. Some of the religions decreased and
increased. For example, if the
Polytheism religion had 100 followers
and the Anthropomorphism religion had
110 followers and 10 changed religion to
Polytheism from Anthropomorphism
then, the Anthropomorphism religion
would decrease in followers and the
Polytheism religion would increase in
followers
3. Slaves could work for wages and own
property.
4. At the most there was only 160,000 citizens
( Only includes people born there, where
there parents were born citizens)