GHIST 101 1st Edition Lecture 8 Outline of Last Lecture I. I. Greece a. Greek Mythology II. MinoansIII. Mycenaea. Mycenaean society b. Dark Age and Expansion IV. Greek PoleisOutline of Current Lecture I. Greek Religion II. Birth of History in the WestIII. Greek PhilosophersIV. Platoa. Five forms of government V. Aristotle VI. Greek Drama Current Lecture- Greek Religion o Zeus’s familyo Zeus, living on Mount Olympus (Jupiter)o Poseidon (Neptune)These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.o Herao Athena, Apollo, Aphrodite (Venus)o Heroes & odd creatureso Temples & sacrificeso Oracles- Birth of History in the West o Historical mindedness Greeks vs. Egyptians Universalizing dimension Interpretation instead of narrativeo Herodotus (c. 485-425BC) “Father of history” Born in the Persian Empire Well educated, wonderful storyteller Travel and interview The Histories, 440 BC- Foundation of western historiography- Greek Philosophers o Birth of western philosophyo Three major questions What is there? How do we know? What should we do?o The Sophistso Socrates (ca. 469-399 BC) Pursuit of knowledge of the good Trial and death of Socrates- The Apology (Plato)- Plato o Plato (c. 428-348 BC)o Student of Socrateso Knowledge based on reason, not sensory perceptiono “Eternal Forms”o The Republico Platonismo Five forms of government Aristocracy Timocracy Oligarchy Democracy Tyranny- Aristotleo Student of Platoo Experimental and deductive approacho Natural sciences “Five elements”Earth, water, air, fire, Aether- Greek Drama o Annual 5-day festival Competition among 8 authorso Tragic poets Aeschylus (525-456 BC)- Prometheus Boundo Sophocles (496-406 BC) Oedipus Rexo Euripides (485-406 BC)
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