History of the Classical Era of Ancient Greece

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History of the Classical Era of Ancient Greece


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Perspective


Classical Greece existed in the 5th and 4th centuries BCE, from the fall of the last Athenian tyrant in 510 BC to the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BCE. It followed the Greek Dark Ages and Archaic period and was followed by the Hellenistic kingdoms created by Alexander. Ancient Greece gained increased freedom from the Persian Empire, and democratic Athens flourished at its the peak. But the Peloponnesian Wars and the expansion of Macedonia under Philip II kept Greece in turmoil. In terms of art, architecture, and culture, the Classical period corresponds to most of the 5th and 4th centuries BCE. Much of its early politics, artistry in architecture and sculpture, its scientific thought, its theatre and literature, and its philosophy was foundational for Western civilization, and went on to have a powerful influence on the later Roman Empire. The Classical era ended when Philip II unified the Greek world against the common enemy of the Persian Empire, which was conquered a few years later by Alexander.

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Index

Classical Era IndexCultureArtsArchitecture: AcropolisAtticaTemple of ZeusErechtheionLysippus of SikyonMausoleum of MausolusParthenonPraxitelesSkopasTemples: Fourth CenturyFifth CenturyThird Temple of Artemis | Reconstruction of Athens | Drama: Aeschylus: Plays | Aristophanes: Comic DramaPlaysRadicalsAthenian DramaComedyDionysian Theatre: ActingAudiencesPerformancesTheaters | Euripides: The PhilosopherPlays A-EPlays F – ZExile | Sophocles: PlaysTragedy: Choruses | Prime MoversSourcesLiteratureComedyHistoriography: HerodotusThucydidesXenophonOdesMusicDanceInstruments | Painting: Fourth CenturyPolygnotus of Thasos | PhilosophyEarly Philosophy: Aristotle: The PhilosopherThe TeacherThe Statesman | Plato: The AcademyBeliefsThe ArtistThe Lawmaker The MetaphysicistThe MoralistThe Utopian | Socrates: The PhilosopherThe TeacherDeath | Philosophy and Religion: EmpedoclesIdealistsMaterialistsPythagorasSophism: AthensHippias of ElisProtagorasLegacy | Philosophy and Science: ArchytasDioclesEudoxusGeographyHeraclides of Pontus | Pottery: Vases | Rhetoric: Athenian OratorsIsocrates: Discourses | Apex | Politicians | Sculpture: Fifth Century BCE and Older Fourth Century | Science and Technology: Prime Movers Astronomy: Anaxagoras | Earth Sciences | Mathematics: ArithmeticGeometryMedicineAnatomy and PhysiologyHippocratesSecular Medicine Surgery




digital history of the Classical Era

Classical Era: Index

Our Coursesculture

Culture

Our Coursesarts

Culture: Arts

Architecture


Our Coursesarchitecture

Culture: Architecture

architecture: Acropolis

Architecture: Acropolis

architecture | Attica

Architecture: Attica

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architecture" Temple of Zeus

Architecture: Temple of Zeus

architecture: Erechtheion

Architecture: Erechtheion

architecture | Lyssipus of Sikyon

Architecture: Lysippus of Sikyon

Mausoleum of Mausolus

Parthenon

Architecture: Parthenon

Praxiteles

Architecture: Praxiteles

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Skopas

Architecture: Skopas

digital history of the Classical Era | temples

Architecture: Temples

digital history of the Classical Era | temples 5th century

Temples: Fifth Century BCE

digital history of the Classical Era | temples | fourth century

Temples: Fourth Century BCE

digital history of the Classical Era | temples | Third Temple of Artemis

Temples: Third Temple of Artemis

digital history of the Classical Era | reconstruction of Athens

Architecture: Reconstruction of Athens

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Drama


digital history of the Classical Era | drama

Culture: Drama

Aeschylus

Drama: Aeschylus

Aeschylus | plays

Aeschylus: Plays

Aristophanes

Drama: Aristophanes

digital history of the Classical Era | Aristophanes | comic drama

Aristophanes: Comic Drama

Aristophanes | plays

Aristophanes: Plays

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Aristophanes | radicals

Aristophanes: Radicals

digital history of the Classical Era | Athenian drama

Drama: Athenian Drama

digital history of the Classical Era | comedy

Drama: Comedy

Dionysian Theatre

Drama: Dionysian Theatre

Dionysian Theatre | afting

Dionysian Theatre: Acting

Dionysian Theatre | audience

Dionysian Theatre: Audiences

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Dionysian Theatre | performances

Dionysian Theatre: Performances

Dionysisn Theatre | theaters

Dionysian Theatre: Theaters

digital history of the Classical Era | Euripides

Drama: Euripides

Euripiudes | The Philosopher

Euripides: The Philosopher

Euripides | plays A - E

Euripides: Plays A – E

Euripides | plays F - Z

Euripides: Plays F – Z

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Euripides | exile

Euripides: Exile

digital history of the Classical Era | Sophocles

Drama: Sophocles

Sophocles | plays

Sophocles: Plays

digital history of the Classical Era | tragedy

Drama: Tragedy

tragedy | choruses

Tragedy: Choruses

tragedy | prime movers

Tragedy: Prime Movers

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digital history of the Classical Era | tragedy | soyrces

Tragedy: Sources

Literature


digital history of the Classical Era | literature

Culture: Literature

digital history of the Classical Era | comedy

Literature: Comedy

digital history of the Classical Era | historiography

Literature: Historiography

Herodotus

Historiography: Herodotus

Thucydides

Historiography: Thucydides

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Xenophon

Historiography: Xenophon

digital history of the Classical Era | odes

Literature: Odes

Music


digital history of the Classical Era | music

Culture: Music

digital history of the Classical Era | music  dance

Music: Dance

digital history of the Classical Era | musical instruments

Music: Instruments

Painting


digital history of the Classical Era | painting

Culture: Painting

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painting | fourth century

Painting: Fourth Century BCE

Polygnotus of Thasos

Painting: Polygnotus of Thasos

Philosophy


digital history of the Classical Era | philosophy

Culture: Philosophy

digital history of the Classical Era | early philosophy

Philosophy: Early

Aristotle

Philosophy: Aristotle

Aristotle : The Philosopher

Aristotle: The Philosopher

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Aristotle: The Teacher

Aristotle: The Teacher

Aristotle: The Statesman

Aristotle: The Statesman

Plato

Philosophy: Plato

Plato | The Academy

Plato: The Academy

Plato | beliefs

Plato: Beliefs

Plato | The Artist

Plato: The Artist

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Plato | The Lawmaker

Plato: The Lawmaker

Plato | The Metaphysicist

Plato: The Metaphysicist

Plato | The Moralist

Plato: The Moralist

Plato: The Utopian

digital history of the Classical Era | Socrates

Philosophy: Socrates

Socrates | The Philosopher

Socrates: The Philosopher

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Socrates | The Teacher

Socrates: The Teacher

Socrates | death

Socrates: Death

digital history of the Classical Era | philosophy and religion

Philosophy: Philosophy and Religion

digital history of the Classical Era | Empedocles

Philosophy and Religion: Empedocles

digital history of the Classical Era | Idealists

Philosophy and Religion: Idealists

digital history of the Classical Era | Materialists

Philosophy and Religion: Materialists

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Pythagoras

Philosophy and Religion: Pythagoras

Sophism

Philosophy and Religion: Sophism

Sophism | Athens

Sophism: Athens

Sophism | Hippias of Elis

Sophism: Hippias of Elis

Protagoras

Sophism: Protagoras

Sophism | legacy

Sophism: Legacy

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Philosophy and Science

digital history of the Classical Era | Archytas

Philosophy and Science: Archytas

digital history of the Classical Era | Diocles

Philosophy and Science: Diocles

digital history of the Classical Era | Eudoxus

Philosophy and Science: Eudoxus

digital history of the Classical Era | geography

Philosophy and Science: Geography

Heraclides of Pontus

Philosophy and Science: Heraclides of Pontus

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Pottery


digital history of the Classical Era | pottery

Culture: Pottery

digital history of the Classical Era | vases

Pottery: Vases

Rhetoric


digital history of the Classical Era | rhetoric

Culture: Rhetoric

rhetoric | Athenian orators

Rhetoric: Athenian Orators

Isocrates

Rhetoric: Isocrates

Isocrates | discourses

Isocrates: Discourses

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rhetoric | apex

Rhetoric: Apex

Rhetoric: Politicians

Sculpture


digital history of the Classical Era | sculpture

Culture: Sculpture

digital history of the Classical Era | sculpture |fifth century snd older

Sculpture: Fifth Century BCE and Older

sculpture | fourth century

Sculpture: Fourth Century BCE

Science and Technology


digital history of the Classical Era | scince and technology

Culture: Science and Technology

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digital history of the Classical Era | science and technology | prime movers

Science and Technology: Prime Movers

digital history of the Classical Era | astronomy

Science and Technology: Astronomy

Anaxagoras

Astronomy: Anaxagoras

digital history of the Classical Era | earth sciences

Science and Technology: Earth Sciences

digital history of the Classical Era | mathematics

Science and Technology: Mathematics

mathematics | arithmatic

Mathematics: Arithmetic

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Mathematics: Geometry

Science and Technology: Medicine

digital history of the Classical Era | anatomy and physiology

Medicine: Anatomy and Physiology

Hippocrates

Medicine: Hippocrates

digital history of the Classical Era | secular medicine

Medicine: Secular Medicine

digital history of the Classical Era | surgery

Medicine: Surgery

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