Lesson 5: Greek Art, Philosophy, and Science (Ancient Greece)
🎨 The Arts of Ancient Greece
The Greeks loved beauty and balance. Their art showed people and buildings in a way that looked perfect and strong.
🗿 Statues and Paintings
Greek artists made statues of gods, heroes, and athletes. These statues looked very real, with strong muscles and calm faces. They showed how the Greeks wanted people to look—strong, smart, and calm.
Some statues were made of marble or bronze.
The bodies were often shown in motion, like throwing a spear or running.
🎯 Fun fact: The Greeks even painted scenes on their pots and vases. You could see warriors fighting or athletes racing!
🏛️ Greek Architecture
Greek buildings had big columns and looked strong and beautiful. The most famous building is the Parthenon in Athens. It was a temple for the goddess Athena.
The Greeks used math to make sure buildings were perfectly balanced.
Their style is still used today in banks and government buildings!
🧠 Philosophy – The Love of Wisdom
Philosophy means asking big questions like, “What is right?” or “How should we live?”
🏋️ Training the Body and Mind
Greeks believed in a strong body and a strong mind. Boys learned to read, write, and exercise. Thinking clearly was just as important as being fast or strong.
👨🏫 Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle
Socrates asked people deep questions. He didn’t write books—he just talked to people in the city. He was later put on trial for “corrupting the youth” and died by drinking poison. 😢
Plato, his student, wrote stories called dialogues. He started a school called the Academy.
Aristotle, Plato’s student, taught Alexander the Great! He wrote about science, animals, government, and more.
💭 Fun fact: Aristotle said people should use reason—clear thinking—to make choices.
🔬 Science in Ancient Greece
The Greeks loved to observe nature and ask, “Why does this happen?”
➗ Mathematics
Euclid is called the "father of geometry." He wrote a book that was used for over 2,000 years!
The Greeks loved shapes and patterns and used math in art and buildings.
🏥 Medicine
A man named Hippocrates believed doctors should use facts, not magic.
He created an oath for doctors to “do no harm.” Doctors today still say the Hippocratic Oath!
🛠️ Engineering
Greek inventors made tools, clocks, and even robots! One inventor, Archimedes, used levers and pulleys to lift heavy things.
🔧 Fun fact: Archimedes once jumped out of the bath and shouted “Eureka!” (“I found it!”) when he discovered how to measure volume using water!
📚 Summary
🎨 Greek art showed beauty and balance through statues and buildings.
🧠 Philosophers like Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle asked big questions.
🔬 Greek scientists and inventors studied math, medicine, and how things work.
The Greeks gave the world amazing ideas that are still with us today—in art, thinking, and science!