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People and Contributions of Greece’s Golden AgeDrama
Mathematics
Science
Sculpture
History
Philosophy Socrates Plato Aristotle
ThucydidesHerodotus
ComedyTragedy
Archimedes
MyronPhidias
Pythagoras
Hippocrates
Aeschylus – 1st great tragedy writer-80 plays- Oresteia = most famousSophocles - about 100 playsOedipus 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
•Developed Law of the Lever•Compound Pulley
•“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
Euclid“Father of Geometry”Wrote the “Elements”: geometry text
Aeschylus
1st great tragedy writer
- 80 plays- Oresteia =
most famous- Is about
family of Agamemnon
The murder of Agamemnon
Sophocles• about 100
plays• Oedipus the
King & Antigone
Antigone
Aristophanescomedy writer
Wrote 1st great comedies and satires
- The Birds- Lysistrata
Herodotus “Father of History”
1st Greek historianWrote Historia about
Persian Wars
Intro to HistoriaHerodotus 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.
ThucydidesGreat Greek historian
• Wrote History of the Peloponnesian War
• Rejected idea of deities in history
• Followed strict standards for gathering evidence
PhidiasGolden Age Sculpture
• Lead construction of Parthenon
• Carved statue of Athena in the Parthenon
MyronGolden Age sculptor
• Sculpted Discus Thrower
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
Archimedes
Law of the Lever Compound Pulley
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).
EuclidHellenistic mathematician
Wrote Elements – basis of modern geometry
Elements
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
Plato
- 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
Plato and Aristotle
AristotlePhilosopher
- 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
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