The School of Athens
Answer the following questions using your textbook. Be thorough.1. Who should be the hero of the Iliad? Defend your position with specific references to the poem.2. What is the position on the nature of reality of the Materialists, Pythagoreans, Dualists, and Atomists? According to these Greek philosophers, what is the true nature of the world?3. Pick a genre or style of music and explain what you believe its “ethos” to be.4. Investigate Raphael’s fresco, The School of Athens, which depicts the major figures of Greek philosophy. Identify each figure and explain why each is included in the scene, and explain how the gestures of each figure offers clues to their identities.5. What are the major differences of Platonists and Aristotelians? Which are you?6. Do you think Plato would or would not consider Marcus Aurelius a “philosopher king?” Why or why not?7. Find examples that reflect the influence of Rome on our present-day vocabulary, laws, political institutions, religious practices/ superstitions, sculpture, and architecture.Write in complete thoughts and use Standard English at all times. Use an MLA heading and MLA format. Upload as MS Word doc.Note: This assignment will be graded holistically, meaning 10 is excellent, 9 is very good, 8 is good, etc.
