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Pericles' Goals for Athens: Strengthening Democracy, Art, Drama, and Philosophy

Explore Pericles' three key goals for Athens during the Golden Age, including strengthening democracy, promoting art and drama, and fostering philosophy. Learn about the advancements in Athenian society in the 5th century BC.

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Pericles' Goals for Athens: Strengthening Democracy, Art, Drama, and Philosophy

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  1. Chapter 5 Section 3 Notes

  2. I. Pericles’ Three goals for Athens

  3. A. Golden Age 480 BC – 430 BC

  4. B. First Goal was to strengthen Athenian democracy

  5. Voting Stones

  6. 1. Increased the number of paid public officials

  7. a. More money for average more people involved ingovernment

  8. 2. Direct Democracy a form of government in which citizen rule directly.

  9. 3. In Athens, male citizens established important governmentpolicies.

  10. 4. Pericles used money for treasury to build the largest navy for trade and protection.

  11. 5. Pericles bought gold, ivory and marble to beautify Athens

  12. a. Parthenon built to honor Athena

  13. II. Greek Styles in art

  14. A. Proportion and balance Classical Art

  15. B. Phidias was the sculptor of the statue of Athena in the Parthenon

  16. C. Figures that were graceful, strong and perfectly formed.

  17. III. Greek Drama

  18. A. Invented Drama in the West

  19. B. Civic Pride and tribute to the gods

  20. C. Tragedy

  21. 1. These included love, hate, war and betrayal

  22. 2. Hero had a tragic flaw

  23. a. Error of judgment or personality defect

  24. 3. Three notable dramatists

  25. a. Aeschylus wrote The Oresteriaabout the family of Agamemnon

  26. 525 BC - 456 BC Aeschylus

  27. b. Euripides wrote the play Medea featured sympathetic portrayals of women

  28. 484?-406 BC Euripides

  29. c. Sophocles wrote Oedipus Rex

  30. d. Thespius was the inventor of the play

  31. 1. Thespians

  32. 4. Comedy included slapstick situations and crude humor

  33. a. Inventors of satire making fun of customs, politicsand respected people of the time

  34. b. Aristophanes was one of the best known comics 448?-385? BC

  35. IV. Spartans and Athenians go to War

  36. A. Sparta declared war against Athens in 431 B.C.

  37. Sparta

  38. B. Wars between Sparta and Athens became known as the PeloponnesianWars

  39. C. Peloponnesian Wars lasted for 27 years

  40. D. Thucydides wrote The History of the PeloponnesianWars

  41. Thucydides (about 460 -404 BC)

  42. V. Philosophers Search for Truth

  43. A. Philosophers means “Lovers of Wisdom”

  44. B. Two parts to Greek Philosophy

  45. 1. The Universe is put together in an orderly way

  46. 2. People can understand these laws through logic and reason

  47. C. The sophists were teachers that questioned everything

  48. 1. Unpopular

  49. D. The three main philosophers

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