monday- gone
tuesday- test
wednesday- into to greece
- ;earned who mrs bherns is
- Vocab learned
- who they were
thursday-
Glorify athens
Used money from the delian league to buy gold, marble and ivory to make Athens a beautiful city
Used money from the Delian league to hire artists, architects, and workers to build buildings and sculptures
Phidias was hired to build the Parthenon.
Greek sculptors focused on beauty, not realism
Classical art focused on simplicity and being well proportioned
Phidias’ Parthenon
A masterpiece of architectural design and craftsmanship
Theres a model of it in Nashville, TN
Goddess Athena statue is inside the Parthenon. Made out of gold and ivory. Its 30 feet tall. She is the goddess of wisdom and protector of Athena
Phidias’ statue of zeus
Is at olympia
Zeus is the ruler of gods and athena’s father
Greek drama
A tragedy is a serious drama about common themes such as love, hate, war, and betrayal
The hero usually was an important person and often gifted with extraordinary abilities
A tragic flaw usually caused the hero’s downfall, usually excessive pride
Sophocles wrote Oedipus the King, a famous tragedy
A comedy contained scenes filled with humor
Playwrights often made fun of politics and respected people and ideas of the time
Aristophanes was a famous writer of comedies
The fact that Athenians could listen to criticism of themselves showed the freedom that existed in democratic Athens
The start of the greatest subject in recorded history
History
Herodotus pioneered the accurate reporting of events
Thucydides believe that certain types of events and political situations recur over time
Studying those events and situations would aid in understanding the present
The approaches Thucydides used in his work still guide historians today
Peloponnesian war
friday- gone
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