Glory that was Greece to Alexander the Great

Government Height of democracy

Male citizens held office

Ostracism: temporary banishment of a citizen, decided by popular vote

Pericles (Golden Age of Athens)

431 BC Conflict between Athens and Sparta Lasted 27 years

Aftermatha. Greece was politically unstableb. Athens 2nd rate powerc. City-state wars continue

Peloponnesian War

Philosophers- “lovers of wisdom”Rhetoric- the artful skill of speakingSocrates

Socratic Method: examine beliefs and ideas through critical questioning

Philosophers

Plato Academy: a special school in Athens for

teaching philosophy “The Republic”: Plato's view of the perfect

society 3 classes: philosophers, soldiers, & workers

Looked down on democracy Allegory of the Cave

Philosophers

Aristotle“Golden Mean”: the desirable middle between two extremes

Lyceum: school where he gave lectures

Philosophers

Drama & History

Tragedies Aeschylus, Sophocles, &Euripides

History Herodotus: Father of History Thucydides: History of the

Peloponnesian War

Goal to unite Greece Organized the best-disciplined army in

Macedonian history Used phalanxes

Philip II

Alexander the Great

Conquered Persian Empire

Established empire that extended from Greece to Egypt & India

Almost never lost a battle

Empire of Alexander the Great

Alexandria was capital of empire Most lasting achievement was the spread of

Greek culture (Hellenistic Culture)

Legacy of Alexander

Advances

Pythagoras- Pythagorean Theorem: derived a formula for the sides of a triangle

Euclid- basis of geometry

Advances Hippocrates-

considered to be the founder of medical science

Archimedes- applied physics to practical inventions- lever and pulley