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    Between 480 - 404 BCE, Athens reached its Golden Age under the leadership of Pericles. During this time, Athens was an artistic and intellectual center where new contributions in arts and sciences were often made by Athenians. Athenians greatly valued aesthetics, logic, and order, investing heavily in architecture like the Parthenon and sculptures featuring unique pillars that still influence designs today. Athens was also a center of philosophy with thinkers like Socrates and Plato, and of science with figures such as Hippocrates, Pythagoras, and Euclid who made discoveries still taught today in fields like medicine, math, and geometry.

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    Between 480 - 404 BCE, Athens reached its Golden Age under the leadership of Pericles. During this time, Athens was an artistic and intellectual center where new contributions in arts and sciences were often made by Athenians. Athenians greatly valued aesthetics, logic, and order, investing heavily in architecture like the Parthenon and sculptures featuring unique pillars that still influence designs today. Athens was also a center of philosophy with thinkers like Socrates and Plato, and of science with figures such as Hippocrates, Pythagoras, and Euclid who made discoveries still taught today in fields like medicine, math, and geometry.

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    Between 480 - 404 BCE, Athens reached its Golden Age under the leadership of Pericles. During this time, Athens was an artistic and intellectual center where new contributions in arts and sciences were often made by Athenians. Athenians greatly valued aesthetics, logic, and order, investing heavily in architecture like the Parthenon and sculptures featuring unique pillars that still influence designs today. Athens was also a center of philosophy with thinkers like Socrates and Plato, and of science with figures such as Hippocrates, Pythagoras, and Euclid who made discoveries still taught today in fields like medicine, math, and geometry.

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    11.

      Golden Age of Athens

    A “golden age” is a time of peace, prosperity, and happiness,


    often when cultural activities like art or writing reach a peak. The
    Greek city-state of Athens reached its Golden Age between 480 -
    404 BCE. This era is also referred to as the Age of Pericles, for
    the Athenian statesman who led the city from 461 to 429 BCE.

    During its Golden Age, Athens, Greece was an artistic and


    intellectual center. If there was a new contribution in the arts or
    sciences during this era in Greece, chances are that it was the
    work of an Athenian. 

    Athenians had an appreciation for poetry and drama. They


    enjoyed theater events in the genres of comedy, tragedy, and
    satire.

    Aesthetics (beauty), logic, and order mattered very much to the


    Athenians. So, fine sculpture and architecture were important in
    their society. They put a lot of time and great amounts of money
    into these. The Parthenon is the most famous building of this
    era. It was a building made to honor the Greek goddess Athena.
    Their buildings were unique and featured many types of pillars.
    The world still appreciates these pillars today, and you can see
    them replicated on many government and residential buildings. 

    Another common association with Athens is philosophy. The


    word “philosophy,” comes from a Greek word (philosophia)
    which means “the love of wisdom.” Socrates and Plato are two of
    the most known philosophers of the Golden Age. Socrates is
    credited with the Socratic method of teaching, while Plato wrote
    many philosophical works. His most famous written work is The
    Republic. Ancient Greece also produced many important
    thinkers in the realm of science. Hippocrates applied logic to the
    field of medicine and collected information on hundreds of
    patients. Math and science were also important in Athenian
    society, too. Much of what we learn in math and science classes
    today comes from Golden Age Athens. For example, the
    Pythagorean theorem was developed by Pythagoras. Geometry
    became a field of study thanks to Euclid.

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