Ancient Greece Peloponnesian Wars & Decline of Ancient Greece Athens vs. Sparta.
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By: By: Susan M. PojerSusan M. PojerHorace Greeley H.S. Horace Greeley H.S.
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Persian Wars: Famous Battles$ Marathon (490 BCE) 26 miles from Athens
$ Thermopylae (480 BCE) 300 Spartans at the
Mountain pass
$ Salamis (480 BCE) Athenian navy
victorious
Great Athenian Philosophers$ Socrates
Know thyself! question everything only the pursuit of goodness
brings happiness.
$ Plato The Academy The world of the FORMS The Republic philosopher-
king
Great Athenian Philosophers$ Aristotle
The Lyceum “Golden Mean”
[everything inmoderation].
Logic. Scientific method.
Athens: The Arts & Sciences$ DRAMA (tragedians):
Aeschylus Sophocles Euripides
$ THE SCIENCES: Pythagoras Democritus all matter made
up of small atoms.
Hippocrates “Father of Medicine”
Hellenistic Philosophers$ Cynics Diogenes ignore social conventions
& avoid luxuries.
citizens of the world. live a humble, simple life.
$ Epicurians Epicurus avoid pain & seek
pleasure. all excess leads to pain! politics should be avoided.
Hellenistic Philosophers$ Stoics Zeno nature is the expansion of
divine will. concept of natural law. get involved in politics, not
for personal gain, but toperform virtuous acts for the good of all.
true happiness is found ingreat achievements.
Hellenism: The Arts & Sciences$ Scientists /
Mathematicians: Aristarchus heliocentric
theory. Euclid geometry Archimedes pulley
$ Hellenistic Art: More realistic; less ideal than
Hellenic art. Showed individual emotions,
wrinkles, and age!