The ancient Greeks contributed greatly to modern society through practices like watching the Olympic games, attending theaters, and visiting public buildings. They developed democracy in Athens around 508 BC. Key events included the Persian wars in 490-480 BC and the Peloponnesian war between Athens and Sparta from 431-404 BC. Greek culture flourished through art, architecture, drama, and the teachings of philosophers like Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. Alexander the Great then conquered much of the known world by 336 BC, spreading Greek influence before Rome eventually conquered Greece.
1. The Rice of Ancient Greece
The ancient Greeks
became the people who
contributed greatly to the
way we live today:
Watching the Olympic
games
Going to the theater
Visiting modern public
buildings
The concept of
democracy
The South side of the Parthenon
2. A time line
776 BC The first Olympic 472-410 BC Greeks theatre
games thrives in Athens.
About 750 BC Homer writes 462-429 BC Perikles is a popular
the epics “The Iliad” and “The leader at Athens
Odyssey” 432 BC The Parthenon is finished
650-580 BC Corinth is ruled by being built
the tyrant Kypselos and then 431-404 BC War between Athens
his son Periander and Sparta (the Peloponnesian
508 BC Democracy begins in war)
Athens 404 BC Sparta defeats Athens
490-480 BC Greeks defeat 338 BC Philip, king of
Persian invaders at the battles Macedonia, takes control of
of Marathon and Salamis Greece
By 450 BC Athens becomes a 336-323 BC Alexander the Great,
very powerful city and controls son of Philip, conquers most of
an empire the known world
146 BC Rome conquers Greece.
It becomes part of the Roman e
4. Aegean Civilizations
A Mycenaean funeral mask known as
The Palace of Knossos “Mask of Agamemnon”
5. Poets and Heroes
Ulysses and the Sirens, Herbert James D.
Bust of Homer in the British Museum
6. A family of Deities
Aphrodite, was the
Goddess of love, beauty
and fertility
Dionysus
was the god
of wine, son
of Zeus.
Zeus, was the supreme god of
The Olympians
8. The Polis # 2
The typical Polis
Greek Colonies,trade and economy
Greek theater at Epidauros, a city-state
or Polis. The olive tree, one of the
basis of Greek agriculture
9. Political and Social Change
Kings
Aristocrats
Farmers / day laborers / slaves
Middle-class
Merchants and artisans
Tyrannies
Oligarchy
Democracy
12. War, Glory and Decline # 4
PERSIAN WARS THE GOLDEN AGE OF
* Marathon ATHENS
* Salamis • Pericles in charge
• Athenian Daily Life
• Athenian Women
The Peloponnesian War
•The Athenian Empire
•The Conflict
•Effects of the War
13. Quest for Beauty and Meaning
Building for the Gods
Greek Arts
• Painting on vases
• Sculpturing the
The Acropolis in Athens
Human Body
• Drama and Theater
THE OLYMPIC GAMES
Samotracia
14. The Greek Mind # 5
The Sophists
Socrates
Plato
Aristotle Socrates
• Aristotle and science
• Aristotle and government
• Writers of History
+ Herodotus
+ Thucydides
Aristotle
15. The first Scientists
Greek Mathematicians
• Tales
• Pythagoras
Greek Medicine
• Hippocrates
Hippocrates
16. Alexander’s Empire
Rise of Macedonia
Alexander’s
Conquests Silver coin of Alexander the great
• Conflict with Persia
• Final Campaigns
• Imperial Goals
Divided Domain
17. Hellenistic Culture
City Life
Hellenistic
Philosophers
Hellenistic Art and
Literature
Science, Medicine and
Mathematics