Greek Culture by https://padlet.com/brooke_wilson/u0igodgjw5zg Group work en-us 2016-09-21 13:52:31 UTC 2023-03-06 21:16:54 UTC hello@padlet.com Philosophy https://padlet.com/brooke_wilson/u0igodgjw5zg/wish/125442366  Philosophy Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9SqQNgDrg
How to be a Philosopher                https://philosophynow.org/issues/81/How_To_Be_A_Philosopher
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Philosophers: Lovers of Wisdom
- Challenged the idea events were caused by the whims of the gods
- Through reason and observation they could discover the laws that governed the universe.

Debating Morality and Ethics
- Sophists questioned accepted ideas 
- success is more important than moral truth
- developed skills in Rhetoric

Socrates Questions Traditions
- Socrates was a critic of the sophists
- stonemason
- student was Plato
- Socratic Method: asking a series of questions 
- Put on trial at 70
: Accused of corrupting youth and not respecting the gods
: accept death penalty and drank hemlock
: Didn't like direct democracy
: Only wise should rule 

Plato Envisions a Perfect Society 
- death of Socrates causes a distrust of democracy
- Flees for 10 years
- Set up the Academy
- emphasized the importance and reason; through rational thought you could :
.....Discover unchanging ethical values
.....Recognize perfect beauty
.....learn how best to organize society

- The Republic
- state should regulate citizens
- 3 classes: workers, soldiers, and philosophers
- some elite women would be educated 
- children raised in communal centers

Aristotle Perseus the Golden Mean
- student of Plato
- favored single strong and virtuous leader 
- "Golden Mean" moderate course between 
- school, the Lyceum
- Wrote about politics, ethics, Logic, Biology
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                                  A Terrible Philosophy Joke
                                            Its Really Bad
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Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson are on a camping trip.

In the middle of the night, Holmes nudges Watson awake, and says, "Watson, look up at the sky and tell me what you see."

"I see millions of stars, my dear Holmes."

"And what do you infer from these stars?"

"Well, a number of things," he says, lighting his pipe:

Astronomically, I observe that there are millions of galaxies and billions of stars and planets.

Astrologically, I observe that Saturn is in Leo.

Horologically, I deduce that the time is approximately a quarter past three.

Meteorologically, I expect that the weather will be fine and clear.

Theologically, I see that God is all-powerful, and man, his creation, small and insignificant.

What about you, Holmes?"

"Watson, you fool. Someone has stolen our tent!"

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]]> 2016-09-21 15:12:00 UTC https://padlet.com/brooke_wilson/u0igodgjw5zg/wish/125442366 Drama / Theater https://padlet.com/brooke_wilson/u0igodgjw5zg/wish/125444528 - greatest Athenian playwrights Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides
- all three wrote tragedies,stories of suffering
- the purpose of tragedies was to stir up and then reveal emotions of pity and fear
- in the play of Oresteia, it showed a powerful family being torn apart by betrayal, murder, and revenge
- in the play Antigone, Sophocles explored what happens when an individual's moral duty conflicts with the law of the state
- Greek playwrights wrote comedies, plays that mocked people and customs
- Aristophanes wrote all the comedies
- In the play Lysistrata, Aristophanes shows women of Athens bonding together to force their husbands to end the war against Sparta
- They wore masks to display different characters, and mastered the art of hand gesturing 
- The largest theater was built to honor Dionysus
- men were they only performers
-Only a few actors   were in the plays
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- 4 of the five greatest playwrights were Greek
- Themes: Excessive pride, certainty of punishment, wealth leads to pride, moderation is best, suffering creates wisdom
- Theater is started by Thespis
- actors called themselves thespians
-  Escalus adds second actor
- Sophocles added a scene and a third actor
- Euripides made the first psychological drama and used machines to raise and lower props
]]> 2016-09-21 15:16:06 UTC https://padlet.com/brooke_wilson/u0igodgjw5zg/wish/125444528 Religion https://padlet.com/brooke_wilson/u0igodgjw5zg/wish/125444653 - Polytheistic
-       Zeus
-       Hera
-       Athena
-       Apollo
-       Artemis
-       Poseidon
-       Aphrodite
-       Hermes
-       Hephaestus
-       Ares
-       Dionysus
-       Demeter

- 12 Olympians lived on Mount Olympus
- Gods had human appearance and characteristics and emotion
- Religion was a matter of ritual rather than belief in fixed doctrine
- To request good fortune priest and priestesses offered libations, prayers,songs, and animal sacrifices
- The earliest evidence of the Greek gods comes from the Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations
- There are gods, mortals, and heroes - not a god but one parent might be a god. Heroes lived lives of adventure and when they die their tomb becomes the cite of a cult where priest make sacrifices to the heroes memory
- Temples built to worship the gods were
  - Parthenon for Athena
  - Temple of Apollo in Delphi - an oracle would inhale smoke from the fire of laurel leaves and give answers or predictions.
Temple of Apollo at Delphi]]> 2016-09-21 15:16:21 UTC https://padlet.com/brooke_wilson/u0igodgjw5zg/wish/125444653 Literature https://padlet.com/brooke_wilson/u0igodgjw5zg/wish/125445551 - Own style (classic style)
- began with epic poems of Homer
- Greatest contribution was in the field of drama
- plays were preformed outside with little to no scenery
- greatest Athenian playwrights: Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides (were mostly tragedies)
- Poet Sappho sang of love and the beauty of her island home
- Some wrote comedies (humorous plays that mocked people or customs)
- Aristophanes: wrote most of the surviving comedies.
- comedies ridiculed individuals including: political figures, philosophers, and prominent  members of society. 
]]> 2016-09-21 15:18:10 UTC https://padlet.com/brooke_wilson/u0igodgjw5zg/wish/125445551   https://padlet.com/brooke_wilson/u0igodgjw5zg/wish/125445637 2016-09-21 15:18:20 UTC https://padlet.com/brooke_wilson/u0igodgjw5zg/wish/125445637 Art and rchitecture https://padlet.com/brooke_wilson/u0igodgjw5zg/wish/125447467 - Architecture reflects balance, order, and beauty
- Aimed to reflect the Universe
- Early sculptors crafted figures in fixed positions, like Egypt
- Parthenon was the most famous of Greek art
-It took 15 years for hundreds of workers to build it
-The Parthenon was a simple rectangle with tall columns supporting a gently sloped roof
- The orders of the columns are Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian
-Statue of Athens 40 ft high, hundreds of pounds of decoration, and thousands of pound of wood

Corinth

- Corinth is the main center for the production of painted pottery
- Greek pottery portrayed scenes of Greek life 
- Gods, goddess, athletes, and famous men were often reflected on pottery
- Pottery shows insight on everyday Greek life
-  Scenes like this are related to battles, competitions, and simple everyday tasks
- Art early on was geometric
- Red clay with black paint was popular

]]> 2016-09-21 15:22:16 UTC https://padlet.com/brooke_wilson/u0igodgjw5zg/wish/125447467 History https://padlet.com/brooke_wilson/u0igodgjw5zg/wish/125452960 - Herodotus "father of history"
- Herodotus went to historical locations to eliminate bias
-Thucydides wrote about the Peloponnesian war on first hand account
- Thucydides tried to be fair to both sides even though he was Athenian
- Herodotus stressed the importance of research while Thucydides stressed the need to avoid bias
Poets-
Homer- Iliad and Odyssey
Hesiod- wrote about farm life and hard labor
Sappho- woman, Lyric love poems
Pindar- wrote odes honoring the victorious athletes at the Olympic Games.


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- Aristarchus created heliocentric, or sun centered, ideas of astronomy
- Hippocrates studied the causes of illnesses and looked for cures. The Hippocratic oath attributed to him set ethical standards for doctors.
- Aristarchus created heliocentric, or sun centered, ideas of astronomy.
- Herophilus practiced dissections, conducted public vivisection on Egyptian convicts, and made detailed descriptions on the brain.
- Pythagoras created the Pythagorean Theorem
- Eratosthene showed that the Earth was round, and accurately calculated its circumference.
-  Archimedes invented the Archimedes screw, which was used to move water from a higher to a lower level. It was normally powered by a windmill or animal.
- Democritus was a philosopher who advanced the theory that all matter is made up of atoms.

 
]]> 2016-09-21 16:29:41 UTC https://padlet.com/brooke_wilson/u0igodgjw5zg/wish/125476627 Hubris  https://padlet.com/brooke_wilson/u0igodgjw5zg/wish/125478962 excessive pride or self-confidence.
synonyms: | arrogance, conceit, haughtiness, hauteur, pride, self-importance, egotism, pomposity,superciliousness, superiority; More
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  • (in Greek tragedy) excessive pride toward or defiance of the gods, leading to nemesis.
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