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What were the three goals of Pericles?

1. Strengthen Athenian Democracy


2. Hold strength of Empire


3. Glorify Athens

- created figures that were strong and perfectly formed


- idealized the human body in graceful motion

Greek art

Reflects the classical Greeks ideas of balance and proportion in art

Architecture

Types of columns:

1. Doric


2. Ionic


3. Corinthian

- expressed civic pride and tribute to the gods

Drama

Drama: love, hate, war, or betrayal

Tragedies

Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides were:

Dramatists