Ancient Greek History Flashcards
What poems dramatized the Ancient Greek civilization?
“Illiad” and “Odyssey” by Homer
How was Greek life organized?
Around the “polis” (city-state)
What does “polis” mean?
City-state
How did the city of Sparta prevent rebellions?
Every Spartan entered lifetime of military service (as hoplites) at age of 7.
Around 540 BCE, Sparta organized the ________.
Peloponnesian League: Also called Spartan Alliance, military coalition of Greek city-states led by Sparta,
_______ first codified Athenian Law around 621 BCE.
Draco – His Draconian Code was known for its harshnass.
Where does the idea of “Draconian Code” originate from?
Athens in Ancient Greece.
In 527 BCE, Cleisthenes led a reform movement that established basis of Athens’s _____ government.
Democratic
The Peloponnesian War was a war between ______ and ______.
Sparta and Athens in 431-404 BCE.
Who won the Poloponnesian War?
Sparta
During what “age” did the Peloponnesian War occur?
Classical Age
Who did Sparta fall victim too?
Thebes
City-states in Athens were eventually conquered by….
Alexander the Great
Fifth Century BCE is also known as the _____ age.
Classical
During the Classical Age (5th Century), there was a revolution in philosophy. What are some examples of these philosophical revolutions?
- Sophists: Emphasized individual and attainment of excellence through rhetoric, grammar, music, and math
- Socrates: Criticized Sophists; emphasized process of questioning or dialogue – So Socrates would kind of be like Freire … or Socratic Seminar – the idea of questioning to scaffold people to learn.
- Plato: Emphasized Ethics, aligned with Socrates
- Aristotle: Criticized Plato; argued that ideas\forms did not exist outside of things. Rather, things needed to be examined by 4 factors (matter, form, origin, purpose).
