CHAPTER 6

Section 1: Greek Art of the Golden Age

Section 2: Philosophers and Writers of the Golden Age

Section 3: Alexander the Great

Section 4: The Spread of Hellenistic Culture

Greece’s Golden and Hellenistic Ages

SECTION 1

Greek Art of the Golden Age

Examples/Artists Characteristics

Architecture:

Painting:

Sculpture:

vases

balanced proportions; columns; statues

everyday life and myths; graceful, natural movement; light, shade show contour, depth

steles; Myron’s The Discuss Thrower; statues by Phidias; Praxiteles

showed how people lived and worked; early figures were stiff and unnatural; later figures were lifelike, natural

Parthenon

SECTION 2Philosophers and Writers ofthe Golden Age

Greek Science and Medicine

Scientists Contribution

Pythagorean theorem

Aristotle foundations for anatomy, botany, zoology; classification

medical studies, cures

Pythagoras

Hippocrates

SECTION 4The Spread of Hellenistic Culture

Cynicism

live simply; no regard for wealth, pleasure, status

Skepticism

changing universe; uncertain knowledge; acceptance

Epicureanism

seek pleasure; avoid pain; limit desires to avoid suffering

divine reason directs world; acceptance of fate

Stoicism

Diogenes Pyrrho EpicurusZeno

SECTION 1

Question:What are some characteristics and examples of art from the golden age?

Greek Art of the Golden Age

SECTION 2

Question:What were some Greek contributions to science and medicine?

Philosophers and Writers ofthe Golden Age

SECTION 4

Question:Who were some of the philosophers of Hellenistic Greece, and what were their beliefs?

The Spread of Hellenistic Culture

Chapter Wrap-Up

1. In what way did the rise of Macedon under Phillip II influence unity among the Greek city-states?

2. How did new ideas of what it meant to be Greek influence the growth of Hellenistic culture?

3. Why was the Hellenistic Age a time of economic prosperity for many?

1. In what way did the rise of Macedon under Phillip II influence unity among the Greek city-states?

2. How did new ideas of what it meant to be Greek influence the growth of Hellenistic culture?

3. Why was the Hellenistic Age a time of economic prosperity for many?

CHAPTER 6