Modern Day Culture: The Golden Age Of Greece

The Golden Age is considered the pinnacle of Greece as a nation and a society. It was the highest point of wealth and prosperity in Greeces history and therefore the happiest of times. This period was also the peak of Grecian art, writings, sculpture, theatre, and architecture. The Golden Age is credited with forming the modern day stereotype of what Grecian life was like. The Greeks greatly influenced modern day culture through the establishment of a standard of living for society. The Greeks further established a model government that, despite many wars, functioned fairly well without dispute from the people.

The Golden Age of Greece began around 500 BC and lasted until approximately 300 BC. Directly prior to the beginning of this age, Greece
Greece then began the complicated process of unifying itself into a single nation. Athens set up the Delian League to aid in this process.

The two most well known city states of this time were Athens and Sparta. (ahistoryofgreece.com) These two cities were responsible for bringing Greece to its pinnacle as a society. Athens in general was the stereotypically more refined and sophisticated city state of the two. The Athenian society put great emphasis on the humanities and the arts. Sparta, on the other hand, favored the individual for his athletic ability and for his greatness as a warrior. Sparta, as a whole, was a very warlike and militaristic society. The Spartans formed the backbone of the Grecian Army and were the go-to guys when war broke out. Together, these two city states set the precedent for modern day standards of living, as well as established many laws that form the basis of modern legal systems today. (ahistoryofgreece.com)Grecian art, as we think of it today, made significant developments during Greeces Golden Age. The art of Ancient Greece is divided into four
Many well known and popular plays were written during this time period by playwrights such as Sophocles, Euripides, and Aeschylus. Most Greek plays were tragedies such as the Oresteia and Antigone. One of the most well known theaters in Athens is the Theater of Dionysus. This theatre, like so many other Greek theatres, used architecturally applied sciences and math to achieve acoustics. This acoustic achievement allowed everyone in the theater to hear the performance as if they were standing next to it. The Greeks creatively worked wonders such as this time and again with their architecture. (historyforkides.com) One particularly impressive example of their creativity was reflected in convex shape of the stairs leading up to the Parthenon, which made the stairs appear perfectly flat from a distance. Little is understood about how the Greeks were able to perform such complex architectural feats, yet these master architects repeatedly performed their