Ancient Greece
During the Golden Age, Socrates taught in Athens. Socrates was a philosopher - someone who used reason to try and understand the world around them. Socrates wanted people to wonder about qualities, like courage and justice, He would ask students questions so that they would examine the thinking and beliefs. Many times people would become upset with Socrates when they realized that THEIR thinking was wrong. His most important lesson was know thyself. Socrates' thinking scared people and in 399 B.C. he was charged with "corrupting the young", and "not worshiping the same gods worshiped by the state". He was condemned to life in prison. Friends urged him to flee, but he ignored their pleas saying that that would be unacceptable behavior
He investigated numbers, especially whole numbers, and their ratios. Only males could be in the Olympics, females weren't even allowed to be spectators. The Olympics were a religious ceremony to honor the god Zeus, all trade and war were put on hold. Inside the columns was a room that held the 40 foot statue of Athena. People from all over the world would come to the country to participate. Pythagoras tried to explain the world in mathematical terms. Pythagoras was one of the fist people to believe that the world was round and revolved around a fixed point. Everyday men (that were wealthy enough) would go to their polis's gym. Geometry students today learn about the Pythagrom Theorem and characteristics of the right triangle. Games honoring Hera, a Greek god took place in a different location. The more famous plays from the Ancient Greek era were tragedies.
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