• Created theater to honor Dionysus (god of wine), and patron god of the Greek stage.

Poetry;• Homer: wrote

epic poems; Iliad (Trojan War), and Odyssey (Odysseus’ journey home from Trojan War).

• Statues had a three-dimensional pose.• Admiration of the human body.

Egyptian Art

Greek Art

• Parthenon - temple of Athena on the Acropolis in Athens. • Commissioned by Pericles in the 5th century B.C.E..

• Thales of Miletus, (father of science)

• Developed idea that the world can be understood without resorting to supernatural explanations.

Science:

• Hippocrates; father of modern medicine, discovered scientific reasons for ailments.

• Pythagoras; Pythagorean theorem, and calculated the value of pie.

• Eratosthenes; made the first accurate measurement of the Earth's diameter.

• Rocky and mountainous land discouraged easy farming.

• Depend heavily on seagoing

trade.

• Agriculture based on olive and grapes. • Olive oil and wine were major exports.

• Silver coins• The most common valuable metal in the region.

• Social Stratification

• Patriarchal society.

• The upper class men, controlled important political positions.

• Merchants/middle class; engaged in manufacturing, trade, and commerce.

• Farmers; poorer citizens.

• Females had few rights.

• Stayed home to discourage contact with other men.

• Purpose was the rearing of children.

• Marriage organized by the father.

• Married at thirteen or fourteen.

• Husband paid a dowry for wife.

• Spartan boys, at aged seven, left homes and entered the Agoge.

• The goal was to produce military men.

• Slave population range from between 15 and 40% of total population.

That concludes The Greeks.

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