Chart Questions
(1)
The "Father of Modern Medicine."
(2)
Hill towering aboveAthens.
(3)
Ruler of Athens at the height of the "Golden Age."
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Most people thought they causeddisease.
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The leading Greek city-state.
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Poet who wrote about the courageand loyalty of soldiers.
(7)
Sophoclesand Euripides wrote these.
(8)
Art of planning and constructing buildings.
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Any building which honored gods or goddesses.
(10)
Wrote stories on the Persian Wars.
(11)
A humorous play with a happy ending.
(r2)
The study of plants.
(1 3)
A philosopher along with Socratesand Aristotle.
(L4)
Chief god of Mount Olympus.
(15)
Everyone attended an annual festival of plays there.
(1 6)
A beautiful building on the Acropolis.
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The practice of carving and modeling.
(18)
Mathematician who discoveredbasic principles of geometry.
(1e)
War describedby Thucydides.
(20)
The study of animals.
(2t)
The sun god.
(22)
Series of contestsbetween city-states.
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Government in which people have a voice in making the laws.
(24)
The sculptor who carved the statue of Athena.
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A skilled craftsman who erects buildings.
(26)
The PeloponnesianWar involved two of these.
(27)
Homer wrote the Iliad and also this poem.
(28)
A period of great achievementin Athens.
(2e)
A pledge made by graduating medical students.
(30)
Demoeritus found that all matter is made of these tiny particles.
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THE GOLDEN AGE OF ATHEI.IS
More than 2,000yearsago,Athens becarnethe cuitural centerof Greece.Achievements
were made in many fields during a period knorvnas the "GoldenAge." Theseachievements
greatly contributed to the developmentof Westerncivilization.
The peopleof ancient Greecehave had more influenceon present times than anyoneelse
in history. The chart rvhichfollolvssummarizesthe accompiishmentsmade during this Golden
Age of Athens. .Carefullyread the statementson the chart.
Contributionsof AncientGreekCivilization
Philosophy
Science
and
Mathematics
o Socrates,Plato, and Aristotle were the rvorld'sfirst
phiiosophers.
' By.askingbasic questionsabout man and the
universe,philosophersinfluencedpeopieto change
'their way of thinking on many subjects.
Unlike the Egyptians and Mesopotamians-,
Greek
scientistsdid not believegods and demonscaused
storms,floods,droughts,and other problemsfor
man. They believedthese happeningswere simply
a part of nature's way. Democrituswas the frrst to
observethat all matter rvas made of tiny particles
cailed"atoms."
Aristotle founded "zoology,"the study of animals.
One of his students -- Theophrastus-- started
"botany,"the study of plants.
Pythagorasdiscoveredimportant mathematical
principlesstili studied in geometrytoday.
Medicine
A Greeknamed Hippocrateswas the "Father of
ModernMedicine." About 400 8.C., most people-including doctors-- thought iilness and disease
were causedby godsand demons. But Hippocrates
taught that heaith-relatedproblemshad natural
causes.He operatedon patients, reset dislocated
joints, and put broken bonesback in place.
Graduating medical students today take the
"HippocraticOath" in rvhich they agreeto rules of
goodconductbetweendoctor and patient.
Government
Instead of one ruler for all of Greece,the individual
city-statespreferred having their own government
in their own community.
The democraticgovernmentof Athens was the
beginningof democracyin Western civilization.
Citizenswere given freedom of speechand a voice
in making laws.
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It
Government
Literature
Architecture
and
Sculpture
o Pericles was the leader of Athens at the height of
the city's "Golden Age." He let the commonpeople,
not just the rich, take part in the government.
Arts and sciencesflourished, and manufacturing
and trade continued to grow.
,
o The Greeks enjoyed stories, poems,plays, and
tales of historical events.
o Greek mythology included stories about Zeus, the
chief god; Apollo, the sun god; Athena, goddessof
wisdom; and Aphrodite, the goddessof love. It was
thought that the gods lived on Mount Olympus in
northeastern Greece.
o Homer is one of the greatest poets who ever lived.
He wrote about the courageand loyalty of brave
soldiers in Greek history. His best works were the
Iliad and the Odyssey.
o Herodotus, known as the "Father of History,"
wrote stories describing the Persian Wars.
Thucydides told about the PeloponnesianWar
between Sparta and Athens.
. Aeschylus, Sophocles,and Euripides wrote Greek
tragedies. A "tragedy" is a serious play with an
unhappy ending.
. Aristophanes wrote comedies. A "comedy"is a
humorous play with a happy ending.
r Once a year, a festival of plays was held in Athens.
Everyone attended, including both rich and poor.
Even prisoners were let out ofjail so they could
enjoy the festival. Greek dramas were performed
in outdoor amphitheaters.
r "Architecture" is the art of planning and
constructing buildings. The Greeks were skilled
architects who erected beautiful temples and
public buildings made of marble and limestone.
I The "Acropolis" of Athens, a hill towering above
the city, was the site of some of the world's most
imaginative buildings. The most famous of these
was the Parthenon, a temple built to honor the
goddessAthena.
, "Sculpture" is the art of carving or modeling
figures, such as statues. Greek sculptors worked
with marble and bronze. Phidias, the greatest
Greek sculptor, carved the beautiful statue of
Athena for the Parthenon. Another sculptor,
M;rron, carved the famous "Discus Thrower,', which
portrays the Greek appreciation for physical
strength and athletic ability.
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