Archaic Greece Flashcards
Rich people in Archaic Greece liked to call themselves … and the poor…
agathoi and kakoi
How did Hippokleides blow his chance to marry Agaristê?
By dancing upside down on a table
What is a hoplite?
a heavy infantryman, from «hoplon» (shield). the far right place was not protected.
Besides Olympia, which of the other three locations were the sites of Panhellenic Games?
Isthmia
Delphi
Nemea
Ancient Greek military campaigns were usually fought in what season, and why?
in the summer; the agriculture off-season as they all needed to tend to their farmland
According to an old saying, a Spartan mother handed her son his shield before a campaign and told him to come back “_______.”
«with it, or upon it»
The most important reason for the relative weakness of Archaic Greek aristocrats was
ideological, military and economic
What where some of the elaborate rules of the symposium?
The party chose a toastmaster by rolling dice
The toastmaster decided what ratio of wine to water to use
The toastmaster decided how many cups each guest should drink
what is symposium and where were they?
drinking party, often around 9 participants, held in the “andron” (men’s room)
What were the only two rules in the pankration?
no biting or eye-gouging
What is the name of the Athenian institution by means of which the citizens could exile for ten years any man who looked like he might become a tyrant?
ostracism
Which poet claimed that the world was going wrong because “bad” men who lacked good birth, manners, and taste were taking over everything?
Theognis
dêmos
the people
oligarchy
rule by the few
talents
a large unit of money
