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Ancient Greece

Ancient Greece. Announcements. Short Essay due in class today Virtual Class on Friday Today: Significance of Ancient Greece (group exercise) Geography & Introduction & Vocabulary of Ancient Greece Themes of Classical Greece Philosophy of Classical Greece. Significance of Ancient Greece?.

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Ancient Greece

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  1. Ancient Greece

  2. Announcements • Short Essay due in class today • Virtual Class on Friday • Today: • Significance of Ancient Greece (group exercise) • Geography & Introduction & Vocabulary of Ancient Greece • Themes of Classical Greece • Philosophy of Classical Greece

  3. Significance of Ancient Greece? • In groups of 3-4, discuss for 5 minutes the significance of Ancient Greece. You might think about P.E.R.S.I.A. + G.T. You can discuss either the importance of Ancient Greece in its own time, or its historical legacy today. Think about both broad categories (e.g., Sports) and specific examples (e.g., discus, marathon).

  4. Geography of Ancient Greece

  5. Small, urban, independent city-states (poleis) Farmer-citizen-soldier Experimentation w/ different forms of government Tyranny Oligarchy Democracy Politics in Greece

  6. Polytheistic Oracles and divination Human gods/godlike humans Religion in Greece

  7. Rational > spiritual Natural science and humankind = focus Socratic, Platonist, Aristotelian, Epicurean, Hedonist, Cynic, Stoic, etc. Philosophy

  8. Early Greek Civilizations • Minoans • Myceneans • Homer, Illiad, and Troy in the “Dark Ages”

  9. Minoans • First civilization ca. 2000 BC, on Crete • Language = Linear A • Maritime traders • Destroyed by volcano or Greek-speaking invaders ca. 1500 BC

  10. Myceneans • Warrior peoples on Greek mainland • Civilization flourishes 1400-1100 BC • Language = Linear B • Destroyed by invaders ca. 1100 BC • Greek “Dark Ages” follow

  11. Archaic Greece (1000-500 BC) • Homer • Illiad, Odyssey • The “Dark Ages” of Greece?

  12. Vocabulary to Know • Polis • Phalanx • Oligarchy • Agora • Hoplite • Philosophy • Acropolis • Helot • Tyrant • ostracism mkatz.web.wesleyan.edu/.../greek_numerals.html

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