Classical Studies 2900 Lecture : Classics Notes

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The 5th c. bc was the classical period and was a century of plague and greek tragedy. Bc was to peloponnesian war between athens and sparta. The war resulted in a weakening of both cities and this marked the end of the classical period. The early 4th c. bc was the post-classical period. In 5th c. bc teachers were itinerant and they were called sophists (because they have knowledge). Plato formed an academy and aristotle formed a lyceum. Teachings took place in stoa and involved walking around. Peripatos means to walk and aristotle"s philosophy was called peripatetic. Theophrastus was interested in plants and tried to classify plants. He noticed that there is a limit in classification (cannot be put into categories). He classified plants according to whether they were trees, shrubs, or herbs, and whether they are cultivated or not. He found there were cross-divisions, making it difficult to classify things into neat little categories.

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