500-323 B.C.E.

*Ancient Greece – Geography, Literature, Architecture, and Art

*Geography *Greece is a – a body of land nearly surrounded by water.

*It is about the size of Louisiana.

*It’s very close to the Persian empire (includes Turkey) and Rome.

peninsula

Greece

Aegean

Sea

Mediterranean

Sea Egypt

*Geography*Greece is -

has a rough surface.

*Greek communities developed independently because of the

, so they were diverse.

*They each other a lot.

rugged

mountains

fought

*Technology - Navy*Greek coastal cities were located between the and the sea. *They developed a great for trading and fighting.

ocean

navy

*Technology - AlphabetThe Greeks based

their alphabet on the Phoencian alphabet.

We used the alphabet to develop our alphabet.

Λ Δ ∑ Г

L D S GGreek

*Literature

*The Greeks invented - written work performed by actors.

*Two kinds of dramas were and

drama

tragedycomedy

*Literature – Tragedy and Comedy

*A was a serious drama.

*A was a

humorous drama.

tragedy

comedy

*Drama Today

*We use drama today:

Television

Plays

Movies

Greek Drama TimelineUse the timeline to answer the questions

below

TragedyAeschylus (525 - 456 B.C.)The Persians (472)The Supplicants (c. 468)Seven Against Thebes (467)The Oresteia (458)Sophocles (496 - 406 B.C.)Ajax (450-440?)Antigone (441?)Oedipus Rex (430-425?)Electra (418-410?)Philoctetes (409)Oedipus at Colonus (406)Euripedes (c. 480 - 407)Alcestis (438)Medea (431)Hippolytus (428)The Children of Heracles (427?)Andromache (426?)Cyclops (423?)Heracles (422?)Electra (413?)Helen (412)The Phoenician Women (409?)Orestes (408)The Bacchae (405?)ComedyAristophanes (c. 448 - c. 380 B.C.)The Acharnians (425)The Knights (424)The Clouds (423)The Wasps (422)Peace (421)The Birds (414)Lysistrata (411)The Frogs (405)Plutus (388)

_____1. How many playwrights are included in this timeline?a. 3 b. 4 c. 5_____2. How many Comedy playwrights are listed?a. 1 b. 2 c. 3_____3. The goddess Electra was the topic of how many plays?a. 1 b. 2 c. 3_____4. How many years did Sophocles wait between writing Oedipus Rex and Oedipus at Colonus?a. 19 years b. 9 years c. 10 years_____5. Which work by Sophocles took the longest to write?a. Oedipus Rex b. Electra c. Ajax_____6. Who completed Electra first?a. Sophocles b. Euripedes c. Aristophones_____7. Why are the years in the timeline in reverse order?a. Because it is upside downb. Because they are BC years c. Because it is in alphabetical order_____8. Which play was completed first?a. Plutus b. Ajax c. The Persians_____9. Which play was completed last?a. Plutus b. Ajax c. The Persians_____10. The Birds, The Wasps and The Clouds are all tragedies.a. True b. False

*Architecture - Column

*Greeks invented

*A row of columns is called a

columns

colonnade

Colonnade

Column

*We use Greek architecture today.

The Lincoln Memorial

*Build a Temple

*Now you have seen the types of architecture in ancient Greece. *Our job now is to

build a TEMPLE!

*Art*Greek sculptors searched for

the ideal in their work. They wanted a PERFECT form. *They created different kinds

of art including small figurines and life-size statues, but also relief sculptures which were on the sides of buildings, and also tombstones.

NOW…..Your job is to create Ancient Greek Art. We will create a Greek masterpiece! Using clay, create a small figurine.