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ANCIENT GREEKS FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE Flashcards

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When was the first Olympic games

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776 BC

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When was the Battle of Marathon

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490 BC

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When was The Battle at the Pass of Thermopylae

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4 80 BC

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When was the Beginning of the Age of Pericles

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448 BC

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When was the Beginning of the Peloponnesian War

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431 BC

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When was the End of the Peloponnesian War

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404 BC

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When did Alexander the Great become king of Macedonia

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334 BC

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When did Alexander Die

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323 BC

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“I showed, not by mere words but by my actions that I did not care a straw for death….”

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Socrates

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“There is no sweeter solace in life for human ills than craftsmanship; for the mind…”

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Amphis

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” If you have exercised yourself in a manner worthy of the Olympic festival, if you have been guilty of no slothful or ignobale act….”

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Olympic Motto

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“He that is not flogged cannot be taught”

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Athenian Proverb

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“For no Athenian through my means ever wore mourning”

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Pericles

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“I consider the whole of thy teaser and the whole of thy land to be mine”

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Alexander the Great

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Confederacy of Delos

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Group of cities joined to free all Greeks

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The Great sea surrounding Greece

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Mediterranean sea

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Author of the Iliad and Odyssey

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Homer

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18
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Marketplace in Ancient Athens

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Agora

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19
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Dwelling place of the gods

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Mt. Olympus

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Battle between the Athenians and Persian army

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Battle of Salamis ASK

Or battle of Plataea

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Oldest of Greek historians

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Herodotus

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Greatest of third century Greek Scientists

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Archimedes

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23
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The great lawgiver of Sparta

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Lycurgus

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The most famous gymnasium in ancient Athens

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The Academy

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25
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Son of Deucalion and Pyrrah

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Hellen

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26
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Law in Athens banishing a citizen for 10 years

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Ostracism

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Part of Persian army always containing 10,00 men

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The Immortals

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Wife of Zeus

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Hera

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Famous museum of Alexandria

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Temple of the Muses

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Poem about the Trojan War

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Illiad

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Poem describing the travels of Odysseus after the fall of Troy

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The Odyssey

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Athenian general who also served Sparta and Persia

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Alcibiades

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Greek Leaders who seized power to rule alone

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tyrants

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Inscription containing the deeds of Thutmose 3

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Celopatras Needle

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Creator of the Great statue of Zeus

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Phedias

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Another name for the land of ancient greece

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Hellas

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Largest island in the Aegean Sea

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Crete

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Wise man and archon of Ancient greeks

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Solon

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Created the race of men and populated Greece

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Deucalion

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Most famous of all Greek colonies

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ionia

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Father of gods and men

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Zeus

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Road from Athens to to Eleusis

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Sacred way

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Slaves of the Spartans

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Helots

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Athletic contests at Coring in honor of Poseidon

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Isthmian games

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Athletic contests at Delphi in honor of Apollo

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Pythian Games

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Athletic contest at olympia in honor of zeus

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Olympic games

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Part of the mediterranean sea between greece and Asia Minor

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Aegean Sea

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Battle where the Athenians first defeated the Persians

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Battle of Marathon

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Group of spartans who ruled Athens

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The thirty

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Battle where 300 Spartans fought the Persian Army

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Pass of Thermopylae

51
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Final naval battle won by Athenians Against the Persians

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Battle of Salamis

52
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Period in Greek history from Alexander until the Roman Empire

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Hellenistic Age

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Peace treaty organized by Artaxerxes between Sparta and Athens

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King’s peace

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The war between Athens and Sparta

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Peloponnesian war

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Journey of Athenian troops back to Greece from Persia

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March of the 10,000

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First Peace treaty between Sparta and Athens

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Peace of Nicias

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Period in Greek history after the Homeric age

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Historic Greece

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When did Philip become king of macedonia

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359 BC

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What was the order of Philosophers timewise in ancient greeks

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Socrates
Plato
Aristotle
Archimedes

60
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It was the lot of Hellas to have its season far more fairly tempered than other lands

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Herodotus

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“He is a law-court lover; no man like him. Judging is what he dotes on, and he weeps unless he sits on the front bench of all.”

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Aristophanes

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“Athens is Saved!’

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Pheidippides

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“The gods, O king, have given the Greeks all other gifts in moderate degree…”

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Solon

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The city is well fortified which hath a wall of men instead of brick.

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Lycurgus

65
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Who led the charge on the Spartan Side against the Persians at the pass of thermopylae

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King Leonidas

66
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The walls are made of men instead bricks

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Lycurgus

67
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Tunic worn by athenian men

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Himiation

68
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Guardian of Athens

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Athena

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