Week 6

 

Monday – Presidents’ Day, No Class

 

Wednesday - Continued discussion of Classical Greece, evaluated source                           

Funeral Speech of Pericles

 

Classical Greece

  1. Political Structure - the Polis

            A.  Athens

            B.  Sparta

  1. The Persian Challenge
  2. Golden Age of Athens

            A.  The Delian League

            B.  Age of Pericles 499-421 BCE

 

Important terms: Demos

                                    “The School of Greece”

                                    Medea by Eruipides

                                    Peloponnesian War

 

Friday –

 Hellenistic Greece

I.  The Rise of Philip of Macedonia (359-336 BCE)

II. Alexander the Great (336-323 BCE)

            A.  Alexander in Egypt

            B.  Conquest of Persia and India

III. Economic and Social Trends

 

Important terms:        Hellenic = “Greek”                 Hellenistic = “Greek-like”

                                    Pella, Macedonia                  Alexandria, Egypt

                                    Rise in the status of women

                                    Creation of an empire

 

Sources to consider:  “Alexander Meets an Indian King” text page 64

                                      “Letter from Isias to Hephaistion” text page 68

                                      “Letter from Ktesikles to King Ptolemy” page 68