Art and Architecture.
Playwrights
Aeschylus- father of tragedy, 7 of his 70 p lyas are still around,
Sophcles, added a third character, 7 of his 123 are still around
Euripides- influenced Drama 18 of 92 survived
Vase painters
Psiax- major transition from black figure to red figure, horses and archers
Euphronios- Aprrenticed und PSiax, populer red figure pai nter
Oltos-
Key buildings
were temples,
Doric temples had no base- Corinthian temple cariation of the Ionic
Purposes of the buildings, some structures are still around today
They were made for worshiping the god it was built for,
Public buildings were made, gym palestra, to bath, ans socialize
Was a big incline for the Athenians , were known for a degree in perfect architecture, sculpture and pottery
Sports was a huge aspect, The hippodrome used for horse racing, The Stadium for foot racing
Millitary
Tactics
-Phalanx- a square like formation consiting of military men standing shoulder to shoulder, they would carrie speard, pikes and swords, carried shield, wore metal armr, wore helment covering head and neck
Key players
- had ten generals one elected from each tribe, Pericles was a main general
Soliders
- Infantry-citizen fighitng ina full set of armour, fought in the phalanx
-calavary- Protected the rear flanks of the Phalanx
-navy- was praticed a lot this was their biggest military strength
Battles
- Persian war,- battle s of maratho, of slamis, thermoplae, chaeronea
-Peloponnesian War- battle of Aegospotami
- lasted 27 years
-Sparta blockaded the city walls
-Forced with starvation they surrendered to Sparta.
- robbed the golden age of Athens
- Battle of Aegospotai- was the last major battle of the peloponnesian war, Sparta won because of their cannon
- Persian war-Greeks city states that were along the river did not like the fact that the persians were taxing them causing war.
- Weponry and Armor- Shiled used to smash the speral of an opponent, and Spear to stabb people with it.
-Ballista- missle weapong, Multiple arros could be launched from long range
- Gagger/sword- used when the spear was completly broken the sceond choice after the spear
- Catapult- to throw large object and stones at the oppenent
-Armor, very expensive, often was passed down by the family, poor people had only a shiled maybe a helmet or a secondary weapon
- rich people had bronze breastplate, helment, greves and shin protection.
-Many had armor from laminated linen fabrics
Delian League
-The main reason of the league was the get the people of greece to keep fighting the Persians, helped liberate lonian greeks from Persian control
-Over time Athens converted the league into an empire
- after Athens became and empire a war broke out between sparta and Athens over leadership concepts between the two cities
Socrates, Plato, Aristotle
Socrates- he was a philosopher and sculptor, at the age he was aso a hoplite solider in the Peloponnesian war, one of his students was plato, I only know that i know nothing was a famous quote, Then he became a teacher and a speaker
He was sentenced to death for corrupting the youth, and intefering with the rligion of the city, hekilled himself by drinking hemlock.
Plato-was a well known philosophers, he was a mathmetician, he started the first institution of higher learning in the western world, Founder of the academy of Athens. Wrote philosphical dialogues
was sold in slavery and almost died in Cyrene, and admirer of Plato bought him and sent him home a free man. He believed in the body and the sould, because he believed in life after death .
Aristotle- Famous greek Philosopher, Attended Platos academy for 15 years until Plato Died ,
-moved back t omacedonia to tutor kings Philips 11 son alexander the Great, Started his won school Lyceum.
- had many ideas in Biology, mathematics and laws of motion.
Ranking
Socrates, Plato, Aristotle
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