Ancient Greece: Perfection of Mind, Body and Art

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Ancient Greece Perfection of Mind, Body and Art

• Tim Coudret
• 7th grade World Cultures

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Greek Literature

• Mycenaeans were first inhabitants in South and
  Central Greece.
• Originally were of Asian descent but were
  displaced by an influx of people from the North.
• The Mycenaeans engaged in a series of battles
  against the city of Troy.

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Greek Literature

• Homers Iliad and Odyssey were based on this war.
  
• This is a model of the Trojan Horse made famous
  by the blind poet Homer.

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Greek Mythology

• According to Greek legend, their Gods lived on
  top of Mount Olympus.
• The Gods, though, also became involved in the
  everyday lives of the Greeks

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Greek MythologyThere were 12 Major Greek Gods
(Pictured are Zeus, Poseidon, Athena, Hades,
Artemis and Hermes).
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Greeks Loved Beauty of the Mind

• There were three great Greek philosophers that
  have influenced the intellectual world for 3000
  years.
• These Philosophers were Socrates, Plato and
  Aristotle.

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Greek Philosophers Socrates

• Socrates taught that in order to reach ultimate
  truth, a person must test every answer. His
  advice was to Know thyself to understand ones
  beliefs.
• He was forced to drink poison because he was
  charged with corrupting the youth of Athens.

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Greek Philosophers Plato

• Plato was a faithful student of Socrates.
• Plato taught that the goal of every person was
  perfection in mind and body.
• He stressed 4 virtues Courage, Wisdom, a sense
  of Justice and Moderation.

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Greek Philosophers Aristotle

• Aristotle was a pupil of Plato.
• He as probably the most influential philosopher
  of all-time.
• Master of many subjects politics, Mathematics,
  Biology etc
• Tutored Alexander the Great

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The Greeks Loved Beauty in Architecture

• The Greeks built beautiful buildings where ever
  they went. Some of their greatest glory is found
  in their architecture.
• Five of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
  were Greek built or designed.

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Map of the Seven Ancient Wonders Which five do
you think were built by the Greeks?
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The Seven Wonders The Statue of Zeus

• This was built in was created in Olympia and was
  carved from marble and adorned with gold.
• While it was long ago destroyed, Historians have
  a reasonable idea of what it looked like.

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The Temple of Artemis

• Located in Ephesus
• Allegedly, it took 120 years to build
• 1st building known to be built completely out of
  marble.

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The Seven Wonders The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus

• Giant tomb built for King Mausolus by his wife
  (who was also his sister).
• Stood for over 17 centuries- until a 1404 A.D.
  earthquake completed its destruction.

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The Seven Wonders The Colossus of Rhodes

• This was constructed around 304 B.C.
• It was built by the people of Rhodes to honor
  their patron God Helios.
• It was 110 feet tall and stood on a 50 foot tall
  pedestal.

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The Seven WondersThe Lighthouse of Alexandria

• Worlds 1st lighthouse
• It was the 2nd tallest building in the world at
  between 450-600 feet tall.
• Final collapse was in 1326 due to an earthquake.

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The Seven Wonders The Hanging Gardens of Babylon

• The Hanging Gardens were not built by the Greeks.
• Babylon is present day Iraq
• The Hanging Gardens were built by King
  Nebuchadnezzar to cheer up his homesick wife.

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The Seven Wonders The Great Pyramids

• The Pyramids are over 4500 hundred years old.
• The largest has over 2 million stones, each
  weighing 2 ½ tons.
• Built as a tomb.

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Other Famous Greek Buildings The Parthenon

• This was built in Athens to honor the Goddess
  Athena.
• A 38 foot tall statue of Athena was erected in
  the Parthenon. It was made of marble and ivory.
• You can still see the Parthenon atop the
  Acropolis in Athens.

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Greek Influence in Modern Architecture

• Can you tell what piece of Greek architecture
  influenced this?

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The Answer The Lighthouse of Alexandria (That
was Too Easy)
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Now for something a little tougher

• Where has the world seen this before?

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Of Course, The Colossus of Rhodes!!!
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What About the Lincoln Memorial?
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Did you say the Parthenon?
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O.K. One More What else influenced the Lincoln
Memorial?
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The designer of the Lincoln Memorial patterned
Lincoln after The Statue of Zeus
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Ancient Greece

• Greece has influenced the world in many ways. We
  touched on some of them today but this was just a
  start. There are many areas that were not
  mentioned.
• Your homework for tonight is to identify two
  areas in your that has been affected by the
  culture of the Ancient Greeks.

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Activities

• Students will design a monument or building by
  incorporating a concept of one of the Seven
  Wonders of the Ancient World.
• The class will write a daily journal entry from
  the point of view of one of the great Greek
  philosophers.
• One class period will be comparing Homers
  Odyssey to short clips from the movie Oh Brother
  Where Art Thou.
• The students will create and design a
  Presidential add campaign for a Greek God of
  their choice.
• The students will take a virtual tour of Greece
  in the computer lab.

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Objectives

• Students will be able to identify Socrates, Plato
  and Aristotle.
• Students will be able to list the five Wonders
  designed by Greeks.
• Students will understand the contribution that
  Greeks have made to our culture and the
  importance of this contribution.

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Web Sites

• The Ancient City of Athens Sites and Monuments
• www.indiana.edu/kglowak/Athens/sites.htm
• The Unmuseum- The Seven Wonders of the
  Ancient World
• www.unmuseum.org/wonders.htm
• Pictures of Washington D.C. Monuments and
  Memorials
• http//washingtondcmetroweb.com/Monuments6.htm
• Exhibits Collection Renaissance
• www.learner.org/exhibits/renaissance/
• Sistine Chapel Ceiling Entrance
• http//sun.science.wayne.edu/mcogan/Humanities/Si
  stine/index.html