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- 1. People and Contributionsof Greece’s Golden Age Drama Mathematics Science Sculpture History Philosophy Socrates Plato Aristotle ThucydidesHerodotus ComedyTragedy Thales MyronPhidias Pythagoras Hippocrates Aeschylus – 1st great tragedy writer -80 plays - Oresteia = most famous Sophocles - about 100 plays Oedipus the King & Antigone Aristophanes – Wrote 1st great comedies and satires -The Birds -Lysistrata 1st Greek historian “Father of History” Wrote Historia about Persian Wars Wrote History of the Peloponnesian War •Rejected idea of deities in history •Followed strict standards for gathering evidence •1st prominent Greek scientist •Areas of astronomy & math •Water is basic substance of everything •“Father of medicine” •Believed in natural cause of disease •Inspired Hippocratic Oath •Developed Pythagorean theorem •Taught world was round & revolves around fixed point -“Father of Philosophy” -Encouraged people to examine beliefs by questioning -Socratic Method -Sentenced to death for corrupting youth and neglecting gods -Pupil of Socrates -Wrote book on political science –The Republic -Importance on state rather than individual, philosopher-king should rule -Opened school called The Academy -Pupil of Plato -Developed method of arguing according to rules of logic – became basis of Scientific Method -Opened school called the Lyceum -Tutored Alexander the Great •Lead construction of Parthenon •Carved statue of Athena in the Parthenon •Great Golden Age sculptor •Sculpted Discus Thrower Thales “Father of Geometry”
- 2. Aeschylus 1st great tragedy writer - 80plays - Oresteia = most famous - Is about family of Agamemnon The murder of Agamemnon
- 3. Sophocles • about 100 plays •Oedipus the King & Antigone Antigone
- 4. Aristophanes comedy writer Wrote 1st great comediesand satires - The Birds - Lysistrata
- 5. Herodotus “Father of History” 1st Greekhistorian Wrote Historia about Persian Wars Intro to Historia Herodotus of Halicarnassus here displays his enquiry, so that human achievements may not become forgotten in time, and great and marvelous deeds – some displayed by Greeks, some by barbarians – may not be without their glory; and especially to show why the two peoples fought with each other.
- 6. Thucydides Great Greek historian •Wrote History of the Peloponnesian War • Rejected idea of deities in history • Followed strict standards for gathering evidence
- 7. Phidias Golden Age Sculpture •Lead construction of Parthenon • Carved statue of Athena in the Parthenon
- 8. Myron Golden Age sculptor •Sculpted Discus Thrower
- 9. Hippocrates “Father of Medicine” •“Father of medicine” • Believed in natural cause of disease • Inspired Hippocratic Oath • Opened Hippocratic school of medicine • Made medicine a profession
- 10. Archimedes Law of theLever Compound Pulley
- 11. Pythagoras • Developed Pythagorean theorem •Taught world was round & revolves around fixed point The Pythagorean theorem: The sum of the areas of the two squares on the legs (a and b) equals the area of the square on the hypotenuse (c).
- 12. Euclid Hellenistic mathematician Wrote Elements– basis of modern geometry Elements
- 13. Socrates “Father of Philosophy” -Encouraged people to examine beliefs by questioning - Socratic Method - Sentenced to death for corrupting youth and neglecting gods Death of Socrates
- 14. Plato - Pupil ofSocrates - Wrote book on political science –The Republic - Importance on state rather than individual, philosopher-king should rule - Opened school called The Academy Plato and Aristotle
- 15. Aristotle Philosopher - Pupil ofPlato - Developed method of arguing according to rules of logic – became basis of Scientific Method - Opened school called the Lyceum - Tutored Alexander the Great