Athenian Architecture

The Evolution of Athenian Civic Architecture through the Hellenistic Period Evolution is the process in which there is a gradual development of something, from a simple to a very complex form. No matter how we look at it, the theory of evolution is all around us. The world is constantly evolving around us, strides and discoveries are being made in history, science, and technology every day and will continue to do so long after our time on earth has ended. In order to grow you have to start at a small

and Western civilization. As the birthplace of Doric architecture, the buildings of Athens are an example of the Athenians’ intelligence and wealth. Whether it is the Acropolis, Zeus’ Temple, or the Parthenon, the buildings of ancient Athens were a monumental turning point in Classical Architecture and architecture today. History of Athens Nearly 3,400 years ago, Athens was named for the Greek goddess Athena after she presented the Athenians with a gift, the olive tree. In the fifth century BC,

the wake of Athens’s Golden Age, the period that had witnessed Athens’s the beginning of the strongest Greek power, the birth of classical Athenian architecture, drama, and arts. His father Ariston died when he was a child. His mother Perictione remarried the politician Pyrilampes. He was educated in philosophy, poetry and gymnastics by distinguished Athenian teachers including the philosopher Cratylus. It was also at an early age, probably in adolescence, that Plato began to hear Socrates, who engaged

out, but none of them didn’t satisfy what the Athenian people wanted, except one king was called Pericles. He was the first leader who proposed democracy and made Athens glorious by different directions, those were by their military, economy and by other things. The important thing why we learned about Athenian history is their astonishing change in the Western Europe . That means they were super smart in Architecture, artist and so many

In 400 B.C, The Athenian civilization experienced a golden age. The Athens experienced a great amount of peace and prosperity due to their contact and trade with others, and rare warring. During this time, ideas and philosophies were produced. These ideas influenced western civilizations in the areas of politics, science, art and architecture. The Government of the Athenian people had a large impact on western civilizations. In document three, Pericles states his beliefs about democracy. Pericles

Sparta, is called the Athenian Age, the Classical Age, or, after its most important political figure, the Age of Pericles. Just about everything that you associate with Greek culture is squeezed into this half century of wealth, energy, creativity, and chauvinism in Athens. All the great works of Greek tragedy and comedy, the plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Aristophanes, were written in this time in the city of Athens. Most of the monumental works of architecture, built off of the wealth

style of architecture using columns and the ancient Olympics. Ancient Greece made many political contributions that influenced Western civilization regarding its government. Ancient Greece was the first country to use a democracy, making government more equal and centered on the people. Ancient Greece decided on a new type of government focusing on the people and what they want, according to their votes on government officials, and

Athens, unlike it's contemporary Sparta, was a Democracy. However, many of the people did not "qualify" to vote or have political rights. Only adult male citizens of proven Athenian lineage who had complete their military preparation were allowed the right to vote in Athens. Even were a Athenian to pass this restriction, there were other requirements to meet the criteria for political service. There were both aristocrats and commoners polities, but the amount of power they wielded

subjects include music, politics, ethics and philosophy. Pericles had grown up in the time period of the Persian War. When Pericles became a young man, he used his wealth to help sponsor a play labelled “The Persians”. The play was about how the Athenians had defeated the Persians at the battle of Salamis. Him sponsoring the play helped him become a popular character in Athens. Early Life In the early times of Pericles’

1 The aristocrat Pericles was responsible in every way for the development of the Athenian democracy. Pericles was one of the rare men who didn’t just accept the world’s conditions, but he tried to shape it to an image in his mind, the image of a perfect, or almost perfect democracy.# He was a high government official in the Athenian democracy during the years 446-429 B.C., which is now called the Periclean Age. He wasn’t the founder or inventor of democracy but he came to its leadership 50 years