Greece Geography Water water everywhere Islands Hilly terrain on land What results Mount Olympus This mountain was thought by many Greeks to be a hangout for Zeus and other major Greek gods Classical Greek mythology about the twelve major gods called Olympians spread throughout the Hell ID: 292341
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Classical GreeceSlide2
Greece Geography
Water, water everywhere
Islands
Hilly terrain on land
What results?
Mount Olympus
This mountain was thought by many Greeks to be a hangout for Zeus and other major Greek gods. Classical Greek mythology about the twelve major gods (called Olympians) spread throughout the Hellenistic world.Slide3
Greece Economy
Agriculture: up to 80% of population
Importing
Local, import or export?
WheatOlive OilGrapesSheep/GoatsTimberPotteryMarble
Precious MetalsLiterature/PhilosophySlide4
Greece Trade
Traded around Mediterrenean (sea routes)
Needed many imports to function as advanced civilization
Advanced culture and technology
led to valuable exports
Plato & Aristotle
Bill & TedSlide5
Greece Story 1
Minoans
“minotaur,” anyone?
Located on Crete
Collapsed, 1450 BCEMycenaens, 1600-1100BCEIndo-EuropeansWarriorsTroy!Slide6
Greece Story 2
Greek Dark Age, 1100-750BCE
Wandering
Adopted Phoenician alphabetSlide7
Greece Story 3
City-states develop, 750 BCE
Athens wasn’t the only one, just one of the biggest
Started colonizingSlide8
Greece Story 4
Sparta
Preferred conquest to colonization/trade/whatever else
Militarized society
Didn’t always get along with AthensSlide9
Greece Story 5
Athens
Began to develop council to make decisions: more on that laterSlide10
Greece Story 6
490-479 BCE: Persian threat
Greeks unite!
Darius
XerxesSea battles, 300 storySlide11
Greece Story 7
Athens unites territory
Pericles, age of
Direct DemocracySlide12
Greece Story 8
Athens and Sparta fight: Peloponnesian War, 431 BCE
Result: everybody loses
Aww
…
Aww
…Slide13
Greece Story 9
Macedonians come into the picture
Philip II, big fan
of the Greeks
So, he conquersGreeceSlide14
Greece Story 10
Alexander the Great
Taught by Aristotle
Crazy good generalSlide15
Greece Story 11
Alexander’s conquestsSlide16
Greece Story 12
Effect of Alexander
Hellenistic culture spreads all over the place
New Hellenistic kingdomsSlide17
Greece Citizens
Athens
Citizens: men, probably wealthier men
Women
SlavesSpartaMen: warriorsWomenSlavesSlide18
Greece War
Ships – biremes
PhalanxSlide19
Greek Religion
Polytheistic
Accessible gods
Anthropormorphic gods
DrunkennessSexDramaHierarchyGods make lots of mistakesSlide20
Greek culture
Athens
Rich men: highly educated
Citizens had public discourse (more on Government/SS)
SpartaMilitarized societySlide21
More Greek Culture
Architecture
(Athens)
(Nashville, TN)Slide22
More Greek Culture
Literature
Illiad, Odyssey
Why do kids read these in English classes?
PhilosophyPlato, Aristotle, SocratesSlide23
More Greek culture
Olympics
(male) Olympics
(naked) (male) OlympicsSlide24
Greek Patriarchy
Athens
No political rights for women
Women valued for bearing sons
Relationships between older and younger men
Phocylides
of Miletus, Satire on Women, c. 440 BCE
The tribe of women is of these four kinds---that of a dog, that of a bee, that of a burly sow, and that of a long-
maned
mare. This last is manageable, quick, fond of gadding about, fine of figure; the sow kind is neither good nor bad; that of the dog is difficult and snarling; but the bee-like woman is a good housekeeper, and knows how to work. This desirable marriage, pray to obtain, dear friend.
Hipponax
, On Women, c. 580 BCE
Two happy days a woman brings a man: the first, when he marries her; the second, when he bears her to the grave.Slide25
Greek Patriarchy
Sparta vs. Athens: right from our fantastic book (p. 119)
Spartan males were known for their toughness and their meanness. They were also known as the best soldiers in all of Greece.
Spartan girls received an education similar to that of the boys. Girls, too, underwent physical training, including running, wrestling, and throwing the javelin. The purpose was clear: to strengthen the girls for their roles as healthy mothers.
Well-to-do Athenian citizens raised their children very differently. Athenian children were nurtured by their mothers until the age of seven ... The purpose of an education for
upperclass
Athenian boys was to create a well rounded person. To that end, a boy had three teachers. One taught him reading, writing, and arithmetic. Another taught physical education, a necessity to achieve the ideal of a sound mind in a sound body. A third taught him music, which consisted of playing the lyre (a stringed instrument) and singing. Education ended at 18, when an Athenian male formally became a citizen.
Girls of all classes remained at home, as their mothers did. Their mothers taught them how to run a home, which included how to spin and weave—activities expected of a good wife. Only in some wealthy families did girls learn to read, write, and perhaps play the lyre.Slide26
Greek Technology
Math!
Pythagoras
Euclid
MedicineHippocrates