The Spread of Greek Culture Notes 8-4. Alexandria During Hellenistic Era, cultural center...

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The Spread of Greek Culture Notes 8-4

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The Spread of Greek Culture

Notes 8-4

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Alexandria

• During Hellenistic Era, cultural center– Philosophers– Scientists– Poets– Writers

More than 500,000 scrolls in library

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Support

• New cities being founded

• Kings paid good salaries for architecture, statues, etc.

• Kings paid writers (most literature is lost now)

• Athens was the center of Greek theater

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Appolonius of Rhodes

• Wrote epic poems

• Wrote Argonautica, about Jason and other heroes

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Theocritus

• Poet

• Short poems about the beauty of nature

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Epicurus

• Philosopher

• Epicureanism– Happiness is the goal of life– Everyone should seek out pleasure

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Zeno

• Philosopher

• Stoicism– People have the duty to serve their city– Happiness comes from reason, not following

your emotions

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Astronomers

• Study stars, planets and other heavenly bodies

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Aristarchus

• Astronomer

• Claimed sun was at the center of universe

• Earth circled the sun

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Aristarchus

• Aristarchus's 3rd century BC calculations on the relative sizes of the Earth, Sun and Moon, from a 10th century CE Greek copy

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Eratosthenes

• Astronomer

• Earth is round

• Measured earth’s circumference using geometry

• 24,675 miles, 185 miles off

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Euclid

• Most famous mathematician

• Wrote book – Elements

• Plane geometry – points, lines, angles, etc.

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Archimedes

• Mathematician

• Solid geometry- spheres, cylinders

• Figured out the value of Pi

• Inventor– Catapults

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Archimedes

• Archimedes is said to have remarked about the lever: "Give me a place to stand on, and I will move the Earth."

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Hypatia

• Mathematician

• Studied math, philosophy, astronomy

• WOMAN!

• Her writings and comments have survived

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Hipparchus

• Astronomer

• Created system to explain how planets and stars move

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Hippocrates

• Scientist

• Wrote medical code of good behavior

• Doctor

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Hippocratic Corpus (His Book)

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Hippocratic Oath

• Oath taken by doctors – oath to take care of their patients and try not to harm them