Today in class two more groups presented their projects, Greece Art and Architecture, and Pericles and the Golden Age. I took notes on some of the important things that were in their presentations, here are the notes I took:
-Plays were written around 430 BC
-Tragedies and comedies
-Performed on special occasions
-Plato invented logic
-Golden Age ended because Athens wanted to become stronger and wanted Athens to become weaker
-Hoplites- the most common type of heavily armed foot soldier in ancient Greece
-Hoplites armor weighed 70 pounds
-1/3 to 1/2 of the men in Ancient Greece are estimated to have been able to fight and buy the needed materials for war
-Triremes- ancient boat called tremes because it has three banks of oars and was pretty fast, even though they were large it was light enough for the crew to carry back to shore
-Socrates lived from 470-399 BC
-Socratic Method- forces people to examine their own beliefs
-Socratic Method influenced scientific method
-Socrates was sentenced to death by drinking hemlock
-Aristotle lived from 384-322 BC
-Aristotle and Plato didn't get along well
-Aristotle's theory of deduction
-Plato born in 428 BCE and died in 387 BCE
-Plato joined the army from 409-404 BC
-Plato studied religion, geometry, and astronomy in Italy and Egypt
-Doric order, Ionic order, corinthian order were three famous architecture frames
-Doric- simplest
-Ionic- more decorative
-Corinthian- common style
-Sculptures major part of the arts
-Sculptures were mainly made out of marble and bronze
-Greek art was inspired by Egyptians
-Classical period sculptures got better and did realistic human actions and facial expressions
-Hellenistic period focused more on emotions and details of sculpture
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