Direct Democracy- a form of government in which citizens rule directly and not through representatives
Classical Art- values of harmony, order, balance, and proportion
Tragedy- serious drama about common themes such as love, hate, war, or betrayal
Comedy- contained scenes filled with slapstick situations and crude humor
Peloponnesian War- Athens vs Sparta- Athens had stronger navy and Sparta had a stronger Army
Philosophers- "lovers of wisdom"
Socrates- critic of sophists
Plato- student of socrates
Aristotle- philosopher who questioned the nature of the world and of human belief
NOTES
- Pericles led Athens during the Golden Age
- Pericles increased number of public officials for a stronger democracy
- After the defeat of the Persians, Athens helped organize the Delian League
- Pericles goal was to have the greatest Greek artists and architects to glorify Athens
- The Parthenon was not unique in style
- Greeks wrote 2 kinds of drama- tragedy and comedy
- 3 notable dramatists- Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides
- No written records of the Dorian Age besides Homer's stories
- Athenians and Spartans go to war (Peloponnesian)
- Sparta gains victory- marched 20,000 soldiers to Athens wealthiest city
- Greek philosophers based on this
- The universe is put together in an orderly way, and subject to absolute and unchanging law
- People can understand the laws through logic and reason
- Socrates believed that absolute standards did exist for truth and justice
- Plato wrote down the conversations of the Socrates- famous work was the Republic
- Aristotle came close to summarizing all the knowledge up to his time
- Aristotle invented a method for arguing according to rules of logic
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