What was the golden age of greek theatre?

Answer 1

The Golden Age of Greece (also known as the Age of Pericles) lasted roughly from the end of the Persian Wars in 479 BCE to either the death of Pericles in 429 BCE or the end of the Peloponnesian War in 404 BCE.

Answer 2

The Golden Age of Greek civilization in the opinion of most ancient history scholars began in the 8th century BC and lasted until the conquest of 99% of the Greek city states by Philip II of Macedonia. This is approximated to be around 350 BC.

Answer 3

Greece's golden age was around 800 - 300 B.C. This was the period of establishment for most of the famous Greek culture which spread across much of Europe in the Hellenistic Period. Historians have cited two major city states as the source of the Golden Age's progress, Athens and Sparta.

Athens was founded in about 1300 B.C. but its important contribution was its invention of democracy by King Solon of Athens in 594 B.C. Through this democracy he opened up trade from weights and measures to a system called Evia (the common trade at the time). This brought in most of the craftsmen and artists responsible for such wonders as the Temple of Apollo in Delphi and the Academy in Athenas.

Sparta was founded later, in 800 B.C. by Lycurgus. He created not so much a democracy, but a shared city state. While the cities were full of slave/servants called Helots who did the every day menial labor, the upper class citizens were called Spartans (Spartiates). Much of the military strength of Greece was based here and the stories of King Leonidas, as made popular by Frank Miller and the movie "300," were historical citations for generations to come. The Spartan momentum aided the Greek states to unite against the Persians in the Persian Wars and their victory over their potential dominators coined the term Eleftheriawhich described the Greek people's value of freedom from outside rule (which we valued enough to revolt against England and its King almost 2300 years later).

During this Golden Age Greece built many of the wonders which we now study the ruins of and still stand in awe. Pericles, a general and statesmen of Athens, built the Parthenon on the Acropolis in 438 B.C. The Temple of Apollo was constructed 3 times in this period! Even the Olympics were started in the second full moon of the summer solstice of 776 B.C.

The Golden Age also fathered such philosophers as Socrates (470-399), Plato (428-347), and Aristotle (384-322). One of the first "colleges" was formed here by Plato, called the Hekademia (Academy). This time frame also bred numerous orators, dramatists, and tradesmen who influenced countless principles and practices which we utilize today.

Answer 4

In Greek Mythology, the ages of man were divided into five distinct periods: Golden, Silver, Bronze, Heroic and Iron.

The Golden Age was the first, when the men on Earth aged backward and knew no pain or suffering. The world was in an Eternal Spring, and there was so much an abundance of food that men need not work to gather it. They died peacefully and remained as guardian spirits. This age ended after the fall of Cronus and Prometheus gave man the gift of fire.

-Indiriel

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The rule of Cronus was called the "Golden Age".

Answer 5

They postulated Five ages, in succession:

The Golden Age

The Silver Age

The Bronze Age

The Iron AgeThe Heroic Age.

The Golden Age you are referring to was the Golden Age of Athens, which happened after Athens acquired and empire of 180 Greek city-states and pillaged them for its own benefit - buildings, art, philosophy, and putting half their citizens on the public payroll - a golden age indeed.

Answer 6

The Golden Age of Greek Theaters was around 600 - 200 BC. Athens became the center stage in place of the flourishing arts. It facilitated an era of great plays, music and poetry.

Answer 7

The Golden Age of Greece was around 500 to 300 B.C.

Answer 8

The Golden age of Greece, occurred around 500 to 300 BC and was a time of peace and prosperity.