Ancient Greece

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Ancient Greece Timeline

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• Dark Age
• Archaic Age
• Classical Period

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Dark Age

(1050 - 750 B.C)

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A time of depopulation, poverty, and backwarness that was after the destruction of the Mycenaean palace-sates

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Archaic Age

(800 - 480 B.C)

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Known for its art, architecture and philosophy. Advances in art, poetry and technology, but is known as the age in which the polis, or city-state, was invented

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Classical Period

(510 - 323 B.C)

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An era of war and conflicts but also an era of unprecedented political and cultural achievement

Between Persian Wars and the death of Alexander the Great

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Hellenistic Period

(323 - 33 B.C)

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Time between the death of Alexander the Great and the emergence of the Roman Empire

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Polis

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City-Sate that consisted of urban center and rural territory nad usually were constructed near the sea

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Acropolis

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It was the top of the city and it was used as religious, military settlements or political centers

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Alter

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The most important and present architectural expression of Greek religion, where animals were sacrificed

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Greek Religion

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A public performance for good of the community

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Oracle

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A person or agency considered to provide wise and insightful predictions

Form of divination

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Agora

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A public open space for diverse activities of the citizens

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Sacrifice

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Central religious ritual perfomed in altars in front of the temples of the Gods/Goddess

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Apeturia

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A ritual initiation where boys were prepared and then introduced by their father/uncle into a religious brotherhood

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Tesmophoria

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A three-day festival where women of Athens lived together and managed their own affairs

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Athens

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One of the two perminent Greek city-states in the late Archaic and Classical Period

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Athena

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Thee Goddess of battle strategy and wisdom

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All Athens Festivals

(Panathenaia)

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An annual festival where people went in procession to the Acropolis to do sacrificies and rituals in cult of Athena. Eventually they included competitions and celebrated it every four years.

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Antropomorphic

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Homer’s idea of humanlike appearences of deitities, though they were taller, more beutiful and powerful

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Mystery Initiation/Rites

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Provided a private relationship with the spirit world
Ex. Hades and Persephone

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Demeter

Kore

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Literally means “Demeter’s daughter”. Demeter is the goddess of agriculture (Persephone is her daughter)

It refers to the myth of how the seasons were created

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Persephone

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Queen of the underworld.
Goddess of agriculture and daughter of Zeus.

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Hades

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God of the underworld and the dead. Brother of Zeus

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Artemis

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Goddess of fertility

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Dionysus

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God of wine and ecstasy. Fruitfulnes and vegetation

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Zeus

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The God of the sky.
He is considered as the ruler, protector and father of all Gods and humans

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Apollo

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God of balance, healing, prophecy, truth. He is also considered as the Sun God.

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Delphi

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Apollo’s sanctuary where sacrificies were made hoping the God was present to provide them anwers

A City-State

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Enthusiasmos

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A form of divination where Apollo infused himself into his priestess and spoke through them answering their question

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Agon

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A contest or competition in athletics that was very influencial in the Greek culture.
Ex. Olympic Games

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Olympic Games

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A series of atlhetics competitions amoung representatives of city-states, in honor to Zeus. Some of these competitions were heavy games, running and athletic events, chariot races.

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Pythian Games

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A long set of games and musical competitions dedicated to Apollo

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Delphic Council

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Was a religious fraternity like a simplify form of the UN

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Tyrant

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A ruler who seized power without legal right

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Barbaroi

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Someone who is consider uncivilized. The term was used as an insult to distinct “freak people” from the royal family

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Hellenes

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Someone native from Greek. It was used to distinguish the royal family from the Barbori. They were the one who participated on Agon and religious celebrations.

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Hoplites

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Heavily armed infantry who fought in close formation, protected with a helmet, breast-plate, leg guards, a shield, a spear and a sword

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Phalanx

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Tactical-close formation consisting of a block of heavily armed infantry in files several ranks deep

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Close Formation

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Military tactic where soldiers fought together creating walls of shields

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Logographes

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The Greek historiographers and chroniclers before Herodotus

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Hesiod

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Known as the first written poet. He wrote “The Theogony” (relating the myths of the gods) and “The Works and Days” (describing peasant life).

Same period as Homer

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Homer

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He is considered one of the most influential poets. His most famous works were “Iliad” and “Odyssey”

Dark Ages

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Herodotus

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Known as the father of history by his book “The Histories” where the Greco-Persian War is detailed described

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Isis

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The ancient Egyptian goddess of fertility, healing and rebirth. She is known to brought her houseband back to life

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Persian Wars

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Two Persian attacks on Greece in the early 5th century, in both Persia was defeated by Greece

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Peloponnesian War

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A conflict between Athens and Sparta, shifting the power from Athens to Sparta