-Greeks were certainly a warlike people- especially the Spartans
-sent to train at age 7
-Spartans were known for their tough, ruthless infantry: soldiers who fought on land
A Naval Power
-Athens had a great infantry, too, but nothing could compare with their navy
-most effective weapon-trireme
-a technological
marvel-fastest ship in the world
at the time-rowed up to 170 men on three levels
-could be used as a battering ram
-agile, fast
The Phalanx
-close- rank, dense grouping of warriors
-armed with long spears and interlocking shields
-soldiers would advance slowly toward the enemy, until they broke through their ranks
Philosopherlapalooza- Socrates
-looked to science and logic (not gods
) for explanations of how the world worked-Socratic Method- fostered critical thinking
-"the unexamined life is not worth living"
-Socrates was charged with serious crimes
-Impiety (disrespecting the gods)
-corrupting the youth of Athens
-at his trial
, he described himself as a stinging gadfly, and Athens as a lazy old horse-did not deny what he had done; asked for free
dinners-found guilty by an Athenian jury, and sentenced to death by drinking poison hemlock
Plato
-a student
and follower of Socrates-he wrote out Socrates' teachings, and described his trial
in Apology-Republic-justice
Aristole
-a student
of Plato-helped foster the idea of Athens as an intellectual destination
-his school- Lyceum- focused on cooperative research- building on knowledge gathered from all over the world
-had dream of having the sum of mankind's knowledge easily accessed in one location
-wrote on topics: logic-physics-biology, ethics-politics-rhetoric, motion-theatre- poetry, metaphysics-psychology-dreams...
-tutored Alexander the Great
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