Hellenistic Culture

Hellenistic Culture in Alexandria 

  • Hellenistic Culture- blend of Greek, Egyptian, Persian and Indian cultures.
  • Trade + Culturally diverse 
  • Alexander became the foremost of commerce and culture/civilization


Alexandria's Attractions
  • Alexander's coffin
  • Pharos (lighthouse)
  • Library which had 500,000 papyrus scrolls


Science and Technology 
  • Astronomy-
  • Aristarchus- found out that the sun is at least 300 times bigger than the Earth, Earth and other planets revolved around the Sun
  • Ptolemy- Disagrees with Aristarchus, says that Earth is in the center of the universe, this is taught for the next 14 centuries.
  • Eratosthenes- Estimated the real size of the Earth, says it is round. 


Mathematics and Physics
  • Euclid- wrote the book on Geometry(Elements)
  • Archimedes- estimated the value of pi, explained law of the lever 
  • The Archimedes screw- could raise water from ground 


Philosophy and Art 
  • Epicureanism founded the school of though and Stoicism was known as Zeno.
  • Epicurus taught that Gods who had no interest in humans ruled the universe.
  • Epicurus believed that the only real objects were those that the five senses perceived 
  • Epicureans proposed that the main goal of humans was to achieve harmony of body and mind. 

Sculpture
  • Colossus of Rhodes was a bronze statue which stood more than 100 ft tall, one of the several wonders of the ancient world.

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