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THE GROWTH OF ATHENS THE CLASSICAL PERIOD 500-338 BCE. Objective: To trace the rise & fall of Periclean Athens by indentifying actions of Pericles that contributed to both. I. THE GOLDEN AGE OF ATHENS DELIAN LEAGUE 478 BC ATHENS UNOFFICIAL LEADER NAVAL ALLIANCE BENEFITS & DETRIMENTS. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Objective: To trace the rise & fall of Periclean Athens by indentifying actions of Pericles that contributed to both.
• I. THE GOLDEN AGE OF ATHENS– DELIAN LEAGUE 478 BC
• ATHENS UNOFFICIAL LEADER
• NAVAL ALLIANCE
• BENEFITS & DETRIMENTS
DEMOCRACY AT ITS ZENITHPERICLEAN ATHENS • INFRASTRUCTURE – PARTHENON • SIMPLE LIFE, SLAVERY, GENDER• DRAMA• PHILOSOPHY: LIFE ? IN
RATIONAL TERMS
• a. pre-socratics & sophists• b. Socrates (470 – 399 BC) –
Socratic Method – general to specific
• c. Plato (427 –347 BC) – The Academy & The Republic
• d. Aristotle (384 – 322 BC) – primary aim of nature was perfection
The signal achievement of Greece was the willingness of some to treat questions of origin of the universe & life in rational
not mythical terms
Socrates & The Socratic Method
• DIDN’T FIT ATHENIAN MOLD OF PERFECTION (UGLY)
• INDIVIDUAL MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE STATE
• THE UNEXAMINED LIFE NOT WORTH LIVING• DRAW OUT KNOWLEDGE FROM PEOPLE THAT
THEY ALREADY POSSESS• TRIED & CONVICTED FOR CORRUPTING
YOUTH
PELOPONNESIAN WARS – THUCYDIDES’ ACCOUNTS 431-404 BCE
• RISING CONFLICT B/W ATHENS & ALLIES 465-431 BC
• SPARTA RELUCTANTLY DECLARES WAR
“THIS DAY…BEGINNING OF GREAT EVIL FOR THE GREEKS”
PLAGUE, 10 YEARS, TREATY, COLD WAR 442 BC – DEATH OF PERICLES
ALCIBIADES 450-404BC CONTINUES WAR
• DEFEAT OF ATHENS BY SPARTA & LYSANDER