Philosophers

As war went on many Athens lost confidence in that democratic governments and began r the was late question there values they were determined to seek truth no matter were the search led them they were soon to be called philosopher meaning lovers of wisdom. They wanted to know how the universe is put together, how people can understand the logics and reasons of the universe.
The first philosopher was Socrates, Socrates encouraged his student to examine there beliefs. He believed that absolute standers did exist for truth and justice. He was later sent to trial because they believed that Socrates was corrupting young minds. The judge disagrees with Socrates beliefs and he was put to death. One of Socrates students Plato wrote a book called the republic. It included his vision of a perfectly governed society. He believed everybody should be separated into three groups (farmers, artist, and warriors).
Other philosophers that came after Plato was Aristotle. He questioned the nature of the world and human beliefs he invented a method of arranging according to the rules of logic and we still to this day use t his method (scientific method)

Athens V.S Sparta

Both Sparta and Athens are city states in Greece. Athens is concerned with art education and art. Sparta is more concerned in military services. Athens values individuals and Sparta values the whole group. In Athens there government is democracy. It’s ruled by people voting. Sparta worked in groups, they are all equal. Both of Athens and Sparta have several government branches. Which also held an assmembely where the citizens voted for major issues? Athens grew wealthy and powerful than other city states in Greece. The other city states began to notice and grew mad because they had power over all the other city states. Sparta declared war on Athens in 431 B.C. Peloponnesian war Athens had the stronger navy but Sparta had the strongest army. Spartans marched into Athens territory and swept over the country side. They continued to fight for several years. At the year 421 B.C. the two sides warn down by the was sign a truce but the peace didn’t last long. Sparta wins the war between the Athens and they loose there power, empire and wealth.

The Golden Age

A Golden age is a time of peace and prosperity. Everyone was wealthy and peaceful. Usually new ideas and inventions were made, also in art and architecture. In ancient Greece there was a time of a golden age it was the time when Pericle ruled. He had three specific policies. One was to glorify Athens; they brought gold ivory and marble to glorify Athens.