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1、會計(jì)學(xué)1Get StartedGet Started1. A General Introduction2. Focus In 第1頁/共82頁Get Started第2頁/共82頁Get Started Greek culture dates back to the Neolithic Age (about 4000 BC). By its Bronze Age (about 2800 BC), Greek culture had come to a stage of substantial development in view of its ability to produce usefu

2、l tools and articles and weapons in bronze, as were evidenced by the unearthed artifacts in the neighborhood of the Aegean Sea. The Aegean Civilization or the Stone and Bronze Age Civilization was thus shaped and included Cretan Civilization and Mycenaean Civilization, which appeared subsequently, w

3、ith a high level of cultural development, as was demonstrated in its architecture, art and crafts as well as the pictographic script which had been used widely. 第3頁/共82頁Get Started After the Dorian invasion, Greece was further divided into a number of tribes before they were organized into the city-

4、states. The ancient Greek economy heavily depended on slave labor, the most popular resource for production at that time, and laid the foundation for the success of Greek culture. In the 5th-4th centuries BC, the slave-based democracy politics in Athens reached its peak during Pericles reign, provid

5、ing a comparatively free environment for the development of Greek culture. However, split occurred between the two strongest city-states and wars among most poleis caused the decline of Greek Civilization, and it was conquered by Roman Empire before 146 BC. 第4頁/共82頁Get Started Historically, Greek cu

6、lture is of a rich variety, lasting value and wide influence around the world. Under the administration of the city government and its stimulation on cultural exchange, cultural prosperity rose up in architecture, philosophy, literature, arts and sports. Such an intellectual climate hence led to the

7、 emergence of a number of famous philosophers, artists and historians who produced their remarkable contributions to Greek Civilization.第5頁/共82頁Get StartedlTo get a brief view of the history and development of Greek CivilizationlTo be familiar with Greek culture in mythology, religion, philosophy, h

8、istory, literature and artslTo know some representative philosophers and their contributions 第6頁/共82頁Text StudyText StudyI. The Early Period of Greek CivilizationII. The Development and the End of Greek Civilization III. Greek Culture第7頁/共82頁Text StudyMain IdeasMain IdeasAgesStagesCharacters & C

9、ultural AchievementsPre-historical AgeStage 1:Cretan Civilization(5000 years ago)l2600 BC2000 BC, the Neolithicl2000 BC1600 BC, social classes appeared; Minosa unified country from smaller city-states.lDuring 1600 BC1125 BC, Minoan Dynasty was weakened and toppled.第8頁/共82頁Text StudyMain IdeasMain Id

10、easPre-historical AgeStage 2:Mycenaean Civilization(ended in the 12th century BC)Mycenae was a country where slaves were commonly used in agricultural and handicraft production. Mycenaean culture benefited much from Cretan culture on its social and economic development.Heroic Age The period is betwe

11、en the coming of the Greeks to Thessaly and the Greeks returning from Troy and culminates in the Trojan War. The Trojan War had helped to produce two famous epics, Odyssey and Iliad.第9頁/共82頁Text StudyMain IdeasMain IdeasDark Age1200 BC800 BCIt was peopled with many legendary names like Hercules, Aja

12、x, Achilles and Agamemnon.Golden Agethe 8th the 4th century BCIt can be divided into three periods: the archaic period, the central period and the period of dependence.第10頁/共82頁Text StudyInterpretation of Cultural TermsInterpretation of Cultural TermsThe Neolithic 新石器時(shí)代新石器時(shí)代: It is a period in the d

13、evelopment of human technology, beginning in about 9500 BC in the Middle East that is traditionally considered the last part of the Stone Age. The Neolithic is a measured progression of behavioral and cultural characteristics and changes, including the use of wild and domestic crops and the use of d

14、omesticated animals.第11頁/共82頁Text StudyInterpretation of Cultural TermsInterpretation of Cultural TermsMinos 米諾斯米諾斯: In Greek mythology, Minos was a king of Crete, son of Zeus and Europa. After his death, Minos became a judge of the dead in Hades. The Minoan Civilization of pre-Hellene Crete has bee

15、n named after him by the archaeologist Arthur Evans.第12頁/共82頁Text StudyComprehension ExercisesMultiple choice.(1) _ is the major foundation in the Western culture and makes a powerful impact on the development of human civilization. A. Ancient European cultureB. Ancient Greek cultureC. Ancient Chine

16、se cultureD. Ancient Egyptian cultureComprehension Exercises第13頁/共82頁A. the Neolithic AgeB. the Bronze AgeC. the Stone and Bronze AgeD. the Old Stone AgeText StudyComprehension Exercises(2) Greek culture can date back to_.Comprehension ExercisesMultiple choice.第14頁/共82頁A. farmingB. handicraft and tr

17、adeC. religionD. philosophyText StudyComprehension Exercises(3) Mycenaean culture was influenced the most by Cretan culture on _.Comprehension ExercisesMultiple choice.第15頁/共82頁A. the Heroic Age B. the Golden Age C. the Cretan Civilization D. the Mycenaean CivilizationText StudyComprehension Exercis

18、es(4) The Trojan War broke out at the end of _.Comprehension ExercisesMultiple choice.第16頁/共82頁A. archaic B. central C. dependentD. darkText StudyComprehension Exercises(5) The first Olympiad began in the _ period of the Golden Age. Comprehension ExercisesMultiple choice.第17頁/共82頁Text StudyThink and

19、 DiscussGive a brief introduction to the Trojan War and check references to know more about the war. The Trojan War broke out at the end of the Mycenaean Civilization. All the city-states in Mycenae sent troops to help form a coalition army for the battles. Not long after the war, the Dorians from t

20、he northwest of Greece invaded and destroyed Mycenae in about the12th11th centuries BC.Think and Discuss第18頁/共82頁Text StudyThink and DiscussIntroduction from Wikipedia: In Greek mythology, the Trojan War was waged against the city of Troy by the Achaeans (Greeks) after Paris of Troy took Helen from

21、her husband Menelaus, the king of Sparta. The war was among the most important events in Greek mythology and was narrated in many works of Greek literature, including the Iliad and the Odyssey by Homer. The Iliad relates a part of the last year of the siege of Troy, while the Odyssey describes the j

22、ourney home of Odysseus, one of the Achaean leaders. Other parts of the war were toldThink and Discuss第19頁/共82頁Text StudyThink and DiscussThink and Discussin a cycle of epic poems, which has only survived in fragments. Episodes from the war provided material for Greek tragedies and other works of Gr

23、eek literature, and for Roman poets like Virgil and Ovid. The war originated from a quarrel between the goddesses Athena, Hera, and Aphrodite, after Eris, the goddess of strife and discord, gave them a golden apple, sometimes known as the Apple of Discord, marked “for the fairest”. Zeus sent the god

24、desses to Paris, who judged that Aphrodite, as “the fairest”, should receive the apple. In exchange, Aphrodite made Helen, the most beautiful of all 第20頁/共82頁Text StudyThink and DiscussThink and Discusswomen and wife of Menelaus, fall in love with Paris, who took her to Troy. Agamemnon, the king of

25、Mycenae and the brother of Helens husband Menelaus, led an expedition of Achaean troops to Troy and besieged the city for ten years because of Paris insult. After the deaths of many heroes, including the Achaeans Achilles and Ajax, and the Trojans Hector and Paris, the city fell to the ruse of the T

26、rojan Horse. The Achaeans slaughtered the Trojans (except for some of the women and children whom they kept or sold as slaves) and desecrated the temples, thus earning the gods wrath. Few of the Achaeans returned safely to their homes and第21頁/共82頁Text StudyThink and DiscussThink and Discussmany foun

27、ded colonies in distant shores. The Romans later traced their origin to Aeneas, one of the Trojans, who was said to have led the surviving Trojans to modern-day Italy. The ancient Greeks thought the Trojan War was a historical event that had taken place in the 13th or 12th century BC, and believed t

28、hat Troy was located in modern- day Turkey near the Dardanelles. By modern times both the war and the city were widely believed to be non-historical. In 1870, however, the German archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann excavated a site in this area which he identified as Troy; this claim is now accepted b

29、y most scholars.第22頁/共82頁Text StudyThink and DiscussThink and DiscussWhether there is any historical reality behind the Trojan War is an open question. Many scholars believe that there is a historical core to the tale, though this may simply mean that the Homeric stories are a fusion of various tale

30、s of sieges and expeditions by Mycenaean Greeks during the Bronze Age. Those who believe that the stories of the Trojan War derive from a specific historical conflict usually date it to the 12th or 11th century BC, often preferring the dates given by Eratosthenes, 1194 BC1184 BC, which roughly corre

31、sponds with archaeological evidence of a catastrophic burning of Troy VIIa.第23頁/共82頁Text StudyMain IdeasMain Ideas第24頁/共82頁Text StudyMain IdeasMain Ideas第25頁/共82頁Text StudyMain IdeasMain Ideas第26頁/共82頁Text StudyMain IdeasMain Ideas第27頁/共82頁Text StudyMain IdeasMain Ideas第28頁/共82頁Text StudyMain IdeasM

32、ain Ideas第29頁/共82頁Text StudyMain IdeasMain Ideas第30頁/共82頁Text StudyMain IdeasMain Ideas第31頁/共82頁Text StudyMain IdeasMain Ideas第32頁/共82頁Text StudyMain IdeasMain Ideas第33頁/共82頁 Since the 8th Century BC, Greece stepped into an important period when iron tools were universally used as a substitute for b

33、ronze. With further coastal economic development, the city-states were founded one after another, numbering more than a hundred altogether in either Dorian or Ionian dominance. Among them, Athens and Sparta were the most developed and powerful. Later Miletus became an even larger and more important

34、city than Athens after the Persian conquest of Asia Minor in the 6th century BC. In politics, the newly founded city-states were usually ruled by the slave-owning aristocrats or kings who were formerlyText StudyMain IdeasMain Ideas第34頁/共82頁Text StudyMain IdeasMain Ideasformerly military leaders. But

35、 some states could be ruled by the archons such as Draco and Solon, Peisistratus and Cleisthenes, etc., who would proceed with their reforms. Thus it led to a period of business and patriarchal aristocratic democracy. There were two legislatures during that period: one was the general assembly, know

36、n as the Ecclesia which passed policies, and the boule led by ten archons enforced them; the other was the supreme council which supervised and checked the behavior of the local officials and teachers. The strength of the system was the highly democratic features which controlled the power of aristo

37、crats. 第35頁/共82頁 Greek Civilization came to its peak during Pericles reign and then began to decline, during which two wars broke out with profound meanings. One is the war between Greek city-states and Persian invaders (499 BC449 BC). The victory laid the foundation for the development and prosperi

38、ty of Greece. However, peace and stability did not last long after the victory because a split occurred between the two strongest city-states (459 BC404 BC) , thus leading to the decline of Athens and most poleis involved in the war. Till 146 BC, the regions of Greek Peninsula and Aegean Sea islands

39、 were all seized and conquered by Roman troops and merged into the map of Roman Empire.Text StudyMain IdeasMain Ideas第36頁/共82頁Text StudyInterpretation of Cultural Termsostracism 陶片放逐制陶片放逐制: In ancient Greece, when a citizen was considered dangerous to the state, he would be banished for a certain nu

40、mber of years as a punishment, decided by popular votes. Now it relates to any social exclusion.Interpretation of Cultural Terms第37頁/共82頁Text StudyInterpretation of Cultural TermsThebes 底比斯底比斯: A Mycenaean city, located in east-central Greece, northwest of Athens. It was at the height of power and s

41、plendour in the 4th century BC. In 336 BC it was ruined by Alexander the Great.Interpretation of Cultural Terms第38頁/共82頁Text StudyInterpretation of Cultural TermsSparta 斯巴達(dá)斯巴達(dá): an ancient Greek city-state of Dorian Greeks in the southeast Peloponnesus，which was widely known for its military power, a

42、nd reached its peak in the 6th century BC when Sparta defeated Athens in the Peloponnesian Wars (460404) and then became the leader of the union of Greek city-states before it was toppled by the Thebans in 371 BCInterpretation of Cultural Terms第39頁/共82頁Text StudyInterpretation of Cultural TermsInter

43、pretation of Cultural Terms第40頁/共82頁Text StudyInterpretation of Cultural TermsJustinian I (Justinian the Great) 查士丁尼一世查士丁尼一世: The emperor of Byzantium who resisted the Persian aggression at the eastern frontier of his empire and then re-occupied the former Roman territories in Africa, Italy and Spai

44、n. Eastern Orthodox Christians respects him as a saint.Interpretation of Cultural Terms第41頁/共82頁Text StudyInterpretation of Cultural TermsCleon克里昂克里昂（?422 BC): One of the Athenian political and military leaders during the Peloponnesian War. He was the first prominent example of the commercial class

45、who was considered as a warmonger and demagogue by his contemporaries.Interpretation of Cultural Terms第42頁/共82頁Text StudyInterpretation of Cultural TermsPericles 伯利克里伯利克里 (c.495 BC 429 BC): A famous and influential Athenian leader. He was called “the first citizen of Athens” by Thucydides, a histori

46、an. His reign (461 BC429 BC) was known as the “Age of Pericles”. He promoted the literature and arts and built many buildings. For this reason, Athens became the educational and cultural centre of ancient Greece. Furthermore, Pericles made contribution to the Athenian democracy.Interpretation of Cul

47、tural Terms第43頁/共82頁Text StudyComprehension ExercisesPlease match the following names of political leaders to their reformist ideas.(1) Draco (2) Cleisthenes(3) Peisistratus(4) Solon(5) Periclesa. supreme council check the behavior of leadersb. punish trivial crimes with the death sentencec. abolish

48、 slave labor d. carry out legislative reforme. advocate peasants welfare and popular entertainmentsComprehension Exercises第44頁/共82頁Text StudyThink and DiscussHow did the ancient Greek Civilization develop in its long history?Firstly, early period of Greek Civilization: the development of Cretan and

49、Mycenaean Civilization. Secondly, with the development of economy, many city-states were founded. Aristocratic rulers were trying to proceed their reforms in politics and legislations, which led to the prosperity of Greek Civilization. Last, after two wars, Greek Civilization came to its end.Think a

50、nd Discuss第45頁/共82頁Text StudyMain IdeasMain Ideas第46頁/共82頁Text StudyMain IdeasMain Ideas第47頁/共82頁Text StudyMain IdeasMain Ideas第48頁/共82頁Main IdeasText Study(1) Greek Mythology and Religion Greek mythology is based on a religion which took shape during the Homeric Age and was developed from animism a

51、nd fetishism into polytheism. The religious tales became fully developed myths in the Homeric epic and thus contributed greatly to the later development of all Greek arts. In Greek myth, all the gods live on Mount Olympus. Theres a list of a group of 12 gods (The Olympians) who ruled after the overt

52、hrow of the Titans.Main Ideas第49頁/共82頁Main IdeasText StudyMain IdeasGod & GoddessCharacterZeusthe heavenly king of the gods and ruler of mankindPoseidon the moody god of the seasHadesthe gloomy god of the underworldHestia the calm goddess of the hearthHerathe mature goddess of the familyAresthe

53、fierce god of the warAthenathe sophisticated goddess of wisdom and arts第50頁/共82頁Main IdeasText StudyMain IdeasApollothe youthful god of the sun and the musicAphroditethe sensual goddess of love and beautyHermesthe cunning god of the tradeArtemisthe wild goddess of the huntHephaestus the ill-favored

54、god of metallurgy第51頁/共82頁Main IdeasText StudyMain Ideas(2) Greek Philosophy Greek philosophy emerged from the bondage of religion and went through a process of fruitful theoretical research combined with practical experience before it achieved its high point in the history of human intellectual dev

55、elopment. It has influenced much of Western thought with a wide variety of subjects, including political philosophy, ethics, metaphysics, ontology, logic, biology, rhetoric and aesthetics.第52頁/共82頁Main IdeasText StudyMain IdeasEarly Greek Philosophers and Their Noble IdeasSchoolNameMain IdeaMaterial

56、ismThales The world originated in water and predicted a total eclipse of the sun.AnaximanderThe origin of everything in the world is unlimited and all things split into two opposites.HeraclitusFire is the fundamental substance in the universe, and the universe is in a state of ongoing change, strugg

57、le or flux.第53頁/共82頁Main IdeasText StudyMain IdeasMaterialism DemocritusMaterial world is composed of tiny, inseparable particles called atoms.IdealismPythagorasEverything is numbers. And it is possible to acquire mystical knowledge.ProtagorasMan is the measure of all things. 第54頁/共82頁Main IdeasText

58、 StudyMain IdeasThe Most Influential Philosophers in GreeceNameLife & AchievementsMain InterestsNotable IdeasWorksSocrates(470 BC 399 BC)a classical Greek Athenian philosopher,one of the founders of Western philosophy epistemology, ethicsSocratic method, Socratic ironySocratic dialogues written

59、by his students Plato and Xenophon 第55頁/共82頁Main IdeasText StudyMain IdeasPlato(427 BC 347 BC)a classical Greek philosopher, mathematician, student of Socrates, founder of the Academy in Athens, and one of the founders of Western philosophy and science rhetoric, art, literature, epistemology, justic

60、e, virtue, politics, education, family, militarismPlatonic realismwriter of philosophi-cal dialogues, Apology, Protagoras, Gorgias, Phaedo, Symposium, Padres, The Republic, The Law第56頁/共82頁Main IdeasText StudyMain IdeasAristotle (384 BC 322 BC)a Greek philosopher, a student of Plato, one of the most important foun