CLAS 1000H Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Ionic Order, Naucratis, Kouros
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Ionia- greeks who claimed to be descendent from ion, settled along coast of greece. Miletus- center of ionian and ancient mesopotamian learning, along with new greek institutions. Ionian enlightenment- enormous advances in learning and institutions for the. Thales- major milesian thinker, thought water was the primary element, everything was a different phase of water. Anaximander- major milesian thinker who criticized thales and instead postulated that earth was the center, held up by being equidistant from everything. Anaximenes- major milesian thinker, similar to anaximander, discussed transformation of matter from one form to another. Pythagoras- ionian thinker on island samos, focused on mathematics, mysticism and politics. Herodotus- born at the end of the archaic era, from halicarnassus. Persian invasion of greece, first to explain human events in human terms. Historie- inquiry , rational, orderly investigation into human events, sometimes included present. Archilochus- earliest and most celebrated lyric poet, 7th century bce, created poems to be performed at symposiums.