Section+5-3+Democracy+and+Greece's+Golden+Age

__**Chapter 5-3: Democracy and Greece's Golden Age**__

**__ Key Words: __** - Classical Art = art that is not realistic but show the ideal - Direct Democracy = government in which citizens rule directly - Tragedy = Serious drama about common themes (love, hate, war, betrayal) - Comedy = slapstick humor/crude humor - Peloponnesian War = War between Sparta and Athens - Philosophers = thinkers

**__Important People:__** - Pericles - Socrates - Plato - Aristotle

**__ Key Points: __**

//Pericles' Plan for Athens:// - Pericles was a statesman <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">- Had support for 32 years <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">- 461 - 429 BC <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">- Three goals (Strengthen Athenian democracy, Strengthen Athens, and glorify Athens

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">//Stronger Democracy:// <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">- Pericles increased number of paid officials <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">- Allowed the common person to serve <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">- Made Athenian government the most democratic

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">//Athenian Empire////:// <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">- Used money from heading the Delian league to make Athenian navy strongest <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">- Needed this to continue oversea trade <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">- Some city-states didn't agree with Athens ruling over then (Sparta)

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">//Glorifying Athens// //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">: // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">- Used money from Delian League to make Athens prettier <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">- Used the money without the consent of the rest of the league

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">//Glorious// //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> Art and Architecture: // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">- Pericles wanted the best artists to decorate Athens <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">- The Parthenon was the center of the project

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">//Architecture and Sculpture:// <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">- The Parthenon was tribute to Athena <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">- The chief builder was Phidias <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">- The sculptures in the Parthenon were perfectly formed <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">- Portrayed the perfect beauty not reality <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">- Style was called classical art

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">//Drama and History:// <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">- Greeks invented drama <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">- Public pride and tribute to the gods

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">//Tragedy and Comedy:// <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">- Tragedies were about a single hero <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">- Hero had many great attributes <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">- One flaw would lead to the hero's downfall <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">- Three famous tragedy writers (Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">- Comedy was the opposite of tragedy <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">- Famous writer of comedy (Aristophanes)

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">//History:// <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">- Herodotus "invented" the factual accounting of events

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">//Athenians and Spartans Go to War:// <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">-

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">//Peloponnesian War:// <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">-

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">//Sparta Gains Victory:// <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">-

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">//Philosophers Search for Truth:// <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">-

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">//Socrates:// <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">-

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">//Plato:// <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">-

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">//Aristotle:// <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">//-//