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• 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?
• 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).
Politics in Greece
• Small, urban, independent city-states (poleis)
• Farmer-citizen-soldier• Experimentation w/
different forms of government– Tyranny– Oligarchy– Democracy
Philosophy
• Rational > spiritual• Natural science and
humankind = focus• Socratic, Platonist,
Aristotelian, Epicurean, Hedonist, Cynic, Stoic, etc.
Minoans
• First civilization ca. 2000 BC, on Crete
• Language = Linear A• Maritime traders• Destroyed by volcano
or Greek-speaking invaders ca. 1500 BC
Myceneans
• Warrior peoples on Greek mainland
• Civilization flourishes 1400-1100 BC
• Language = Linear B• Destroyed by invaders
ca. 1100 BC
• Greek “Dark Ages” follow
Vocabulary to Know
• Polis• Phalanx• Oligarchy• Agora• Hoplite• Philosophy• Acropolis• Helot• Tyrant• ostracism
mkatz.web.wesleyan.edu/.../greek_numerals.html