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The Legacy of Ancient Greece and Rome

The Legacy of Ancient Greece and Rome. Legacy of Greece. Natural Laws- use of reason and intelligence to discover Democracy Architecture and Art The Parthenon and Acropolis Orders – Ionic, Doric, Corinthean Kouros Sculpture. Greek Philosophers Use Reason.

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The Legacy of Ancient Greece and Rome

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  1. The Legacy of Ancient Greece and Rome

  2. Legacy of Greece • Natural Laws- use of reason and intelligence to discover • Democracy • Architecture and Art • The Parthenon and Acropolis • Orders – Ionic, Doric, Corinthean • Kouros Sculpture

  3. Greek Philosophers Use Reason • 1. The universe is put together in an orderly way and is subject to absolute and changing laws • 2. People can understand these laws through logic and reason • SPA • Socrates- Socratic Method • Plato- The Republic; rule by philosopher-kings • Aristotle- Politics; mathematics and law

  4. Plato • Socrates’s pupil • Plato’s Republic a Socratic dialogue was written around 380B.C. • It questions what justice is as well as defining systems of community • Republic is primarily about a utopia – an ideal world – where philosophers reign as kings • The Giver definitely was inspired by Republic

  5. Rome’s developments The Republic • Dictator- times of crisis (Pompey or Julius Caesar) • Two Consuls • Senate and Two Assemblies • Inventions • Aqueducts/plumbing, innovative architecture and roadwork, military techniques/strategies

  6. Ovid • 43 B.C. - 17A.D. • Roman poet • Struggles with Caesar Augustus • Exile over (most likely) lewd love poems • Metamorphoses • Transformation of: • From nothing to something! • Human/God’s bodies • Via love or hubris or hate • Characterization (for the worse) from the

  7. Legacy of Rome • Republic • Individual is a citizen in a state not a subject • Written law code

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