Culture during Athens Golden Age

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Culture during Athens Golden Age
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Architecture emphasized

• Harmony, balance symmetry
• Use of Columns
• Rectangles (golden) and triangles
• Was brightly painted

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Architecture
The Parthenon, dedicated to Athena Parthenos
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The columns were topped by decorative capitals

• Doric
• Ionic
• Corinthian

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Architecture
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Architectural Legacy

• American use of Greek architecture in government
  buildings reflects the ideals of democracy

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Lincoln Memorial
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Treasury Building
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National Archives Building
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Statues

• Were idealistic, not realistic-nearly always
  young and beautiful
• Stood alone, or were carved into the pediments of
  buildings

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Greek Statues
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The most famous sculptor was Phidias
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Greek vase paintings vases came in many shapes
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Vase Painting most were painted with scenes from
mythology
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Socrates

• Taught people to question
• What is the world made of?
• How should we behave?
• Who should run everything?

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Socrates

• Socrates made a lot of enemies, partly by his
  method of interrogation
• He was accused of impiety and corrupting the
  youth of Athens
• He was found guilty and sentenced to die by
  drinking hemlock
• It is said he was given the chance to escape but
  said that escaping would violate law, which he
  firmly believed in

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Socrates being put to death
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Influence of Socrates

• Socrates had no writings of his own, but others,
  including his pupil, Plato, wrote about him
• Today, the Socratic Method is widely used in
  education and the legal profession

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Plato

• Wrote The Republic
• His idea government was not a democracy.
• He believed that government should be ruled by a
  philosopher-king as it is easier to find one
  good man than many

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Aristotle

• Talked about the golden mean
• Through observations, is considered the father of
  the scientific method
• Was the tutor of Alexander the Great

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Drama Amphitheater
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Drama ComedyAristophanes(Aristo funnies)

• Wrote at least 30 plays, 11 which survive,
  including
• The Birds
• The Clouds
• Lyisistrata
• The Frogs

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Drama Comedy/Satire
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Sophocles, Euripedis often dealt with hubris
(pride) and nemisis (retribution)
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Aeschylus

• Wrote 70 plays, of which only 6 survive,
  including
• The Persians
• Seven Against Thebes
• Prometheus Bound
• The Oresteia Trilogy

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Sophocles

• Wrote over 120 plays, only 7 remain complete
• Oedipus the King
• Antigone
• Electra

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Euripides

• Wrote over 90 plays, 18 which survive, including
• Medea
• The Bacchae
• Trojan Women