Age of Tyrants

Question 0

Asking for metals:

Sparta : _____ :: Athens : _____

Answer 0

Iron; Silver

Question 1

Tyrant

Answer 1

Ruler that relies on physical force

“usurper with supreme power”

Question 2

Spartan serfs

Answer 2

Helots

Question 3

5 Spartan villages

Answer 3

Pitane, Messoa, Limnae, Konoura, and Dyme

Question 4

Periocei

Answer 4

People who lived around Sparta

Question 5

Terpander

Answer 5

Father of Lyric Poetry

Banished from Lesbos

Question 6

Alcman

Answer 6

Chief Poet of Sparta

From Lydia

Question 7

Tyrtaeus

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Martial song inspired Spartan countrymen to win the 2nd Messenian War

Question 8

1st Messenian War

Answer 8

725-705
King Theopompus captures Messenia
First and most decisive step for growth of Sparta

Question 9

2nd Messenian War

Answer 9

640-631
Aristomenes leads a helot revolt
Tyrtaeus martial songs cause Spartans to win

Question 10

What ended Sparta’s Golden Age?

Answer 10

2nd Messenian War

Question 11

Why was Sparta so militarily prepared?

Answer 11

Sparta depended on the agricultural work of the helots

Question 12

What Greek city-state did not have a strong, fortified acropolis?

Answer 12

Sparta

Question 13

Lycurgus

Answer 13

c. 885
Lawgiver that established a military society in Sparta
Forbade citizens to engage in trade or industry
Forbade importation of silver and gold
Only tool a citizen could own was an axe

Question 14

Duarchy

Answer 14

Two kings

Question 15

What were the royal houses of Sparta called?

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Agids and Eurypontids

Question 16

Gerousia

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30 members(including the Kings)
60 age minimum

Question 17

Apella

Answer 17

All male citizens over 30
Reviewed the laws of the Gerousia
Elected members of Gerousia, ephors, and other magistrates

Question 18

Ephors

Answer 18

5 members
7th century-gained power
6th-equal to kings
After Persian War-power almost supreme

Question 19

Krypteia

Answer 19

Secret police

Spied on helots

Question 20

Harmost

Answer 20

Military governor appointed to control allied cities oversea

Question 21

Mt Taygetus

Answer 21

Defective Spartan children get thrown off

Question 22

Return with your shield or on it

Answer 22

Win or die

Spartan women to sons

Question 23

Athens’ name

Answer 23

Poseidon gave Athens a horse, Athena gave Athens an olive tree
They liked the olive tree better, so they were named after Athena

Question 24

Mt Laurium

Answer 24

Silver found here used for navy

Question 25

Last king of Athens

Answer 25

King Codrus

Question 26

Archon's rule(how many years)

Answer 26

Elected for life, then limited to 10 years, then reduced to 1 year

Question 27

First Archon

Answer 27

Acastas of the Medontid family

Question 28

Archon Epanymos

Answer 28

Head of religion | Gave name to the year

Question 29

Archon Basileus

Answer 29

Head of state religion

Question 30

Archon Polemarchos

Answer 30

Commander of the army

Question 31

Archon Thesmothetal

Answer 31

6 are elected | Lawmakers

Question 32

Who met on the Hills of Mars?

Answer 32

Boule(council made up of archons who have completed office)

Question 33

Ecclesia

Answer 33

Assembly

Question 34

462

Answer 34

Something happens to Areopagus; it loses power because of this

Question 35

632

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Ceylon plot

Question 36

Who assisted Cylon in his attempt to establish himself as the tyrant of Athens?

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Theagenes, tyrant of Megara

Question 37

Who was the archon at the time during Cylon's plot?

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Megacles of the Alcaemonid family

Question 38

Why were the Alcaemonids banished from Athens?

Answer 38

Megacles promised Cylon's followers safety if they left Athena's temple, but he had them killed anyway

Question 39

Thesmothetes

Answer 39

Special lawmaker

Question 40

c. 620

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Draco

Question 41

What were the Draconian laws?

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Penalty for all crimes is death

Question 42

Where was the temple of Poseidon?

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Cape Sunium

Question 43

Where was Apollo's oracle located?

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Delphi

Question 44

Amphictionic League

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Protected the Delphic Oracle

Question 45

What does "Amphictionic" mean?

Answer 45

Dweller's Around

Question 46

590

Answer 46

1st Sacred War

Question 47

Where was Zeus' oracle located?

Answer 47

Dodona

Question 48

What city is known as "the land of the whispering oaks"?

Answer 48

Dodona

Question 49

Sacred Band

Answer 49

Theban military unit composed of 150 pairs of "Best Friends"

Question 50

Who is the mythical king of Thebes?

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Laius

Question 51

Hesiod

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Boeotian poet Wrote Theogony(about universe and origin of the gods) Wrote Works and Days(describes the daily tasks of a farmer)

Question 52

Pindar

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Theban poet loved by all of Greece | When Alexander destroyed Thebes, he left Pindar's house alone

Question 53

What works were the earliest records of Greek religion?

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Iliad, Odyssey, poems of Hesoid

Question 54

First tyrant

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Pheidon(or Gyges)

Question 55

Most arrogant act

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Pheidon took the Olympic Games from Elis and gave it to Pisa

Question 56

630

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Theagenes led a peasant revolt and became tyrant of Megara

Question 57

Orthagorus

Answer 57

Led peasant revolt at Sicyon and became tyrant

Question 58

664

Answer 58

First recorded naval battle | Corcyra vs Corinth

Question 59

What is Corinth well known for?

Answer 59

Its decadence, pottery, and prostitutes

Question 60

Dioclos

Answer 60

Wooden tramway | Located at Corinth

Question 61

655

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Cypselus

Question 62

What tyrant was hidden in a jar as a baby?

Answer 62

Cypselus

Question 63

Who is Cypselus' mother?

Answer 63

Labda

Question 64

What clan sent soldiers to kill Cypselus when he was a child?

Answer 64

Bacchiads

Question 65

Who is the son of Cypselus that became tyrant of Corinth after the death of Cypselus?

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Periander

Question 66

God of Medicine

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Asclepius

Question 67

Governing family of Mytilene that knocked people with clubs

Answer 67

Penthilids

Question 68

Tyrant of Mytilene that was made Aesymnetes

Answer 68

Pittacus

Question 69

Aesymnetes means-

Answer 69

Special ten year ruler

Question 70

What two famous Lesbian poets did Pittacus exile?

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Sappho & Alcaeus

Question 71

Sappho

Answer 71

Wrote love poems Started Aeolic school of poetry with Alcaeus Called "The Poetess"

Question 72

Alcaeus

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Wrote political and drinking songs | Started Aeolic school of poetry with Sappho

Question 73

Tyrant of Miletus

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Thrasybulus

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Thales

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c. 590 Believed everything was composed of water Predicted the eclipse of the sun

Question 75

What was Lydia known for?

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Extreme wealth

Question 76

687-652

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Gyges

Question 77

Ekecheiria

Answer 77

Truce during the games

Question 78

Olympic Games

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776 In honor of Zeus Founded by Pelopsor Heracles Revived by Lycurgus and Iphitus

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Pythian Games

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582 In honor of Apollo Held every 2 years in Delphi Founded by Periander

Question 80

Isthmean Games

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582 In honor of Poseidon Held at Corinth, Theseus founded the games Held every two years, winner received Palm branch and a crown of celery

Question 81

Nemean Games

Answer 81

576 In honor of Zeus Held every two years in Nemea

Question 82

Psammitichus

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Egyptian King that opened Egypt to settlers

Question 83

700

Answer 83

Deioces founded Media