Chapter 10 Flashcards
When did the Olympic Games take place and where
Olympia; every four years
Who succeeded Philip
Alexander
What type of society (social) was Greece
Patriarchal ( Sparta women had more rights than others)
What position in society could women obtain
Priestesses of cults
Slaves
People who couldn’t pay debts
People from slave market
Prisoners of war
What did slaves do
Heavy labor
Domestic servants
Caretakers
Educated: store owners for master
What did Socrates believe about humans
They could lead honest lives and honor was more important than wealth and fame
Greek colonization (places)
Costal med and Black Sea Sicily Southern France Anatolia Southern Ukraine
What did polis do/ serve as
Urban centers, dominates surrounding rural areas
What philosopher wrote books on biology physics astronomy psychology politics and ethics
Aristotle
Who expanded Macedon to Greece
King Philip the second
Three empires of Alexander’s state
Antigonid Ptolemaic Seleucid
What did the Greek land allow to be cultivated
Olives and grapes
A pivotal figure in the development of philosophy
Socrates
What did Socrates want to learn/ understand
Human beings and human affairs
How did Socrates die
Found guilty by a jury
Took prisoner and died
Who was Socrates disciple
Plato
What is the theory of forms and ideas
Plates ideas that this world was a reflection of a world of forms or ideas
Who believed philosophers should rule
Plato
Who was a disciple of Plato
Aristotle
Who wrote Socrates dialogue
Plato
Who was known as the master of those who know
Aristotle
What/who did some cult exclude
Men
What did Greek comedies pole fun at
Public and political figures
Most influencal Hellenistic philosopher
Stoics
What did religions of salvation promise for followers
Eternal bliss
What society was highly militarized
Sparta
Where was democracy developed
Athens
What developed through Greek colonization
Democracy and merchant class
What battle were the Persians defeated at
Battle of marathon
Who burned Athens and who won the battle
Xerxes
Lost battle to Athenians in battle of salamis
Who supported the Greeks during the Persian war with ships
Athens
How did homer portray the Greeks
Expert and fearless seafarers
Greek tyrants were
Ambitious politicians who gained power by irregular means
Who was an Athenian political leader.
Pericles
What causes Greek expansion or colonization
Population pressure
Why was the Delian league created
Discourage further Persian invasion
Who fought in the peloponnesian war
Athens and Sparta
Other Greek polices took sides
When and under who did the freedom and independence of Greek pole is fall under
Philip the second in 339bce
When did Alexander’s troops refuse to go any farther
India
Why is Greek philosophy often characterized as rational
It was based purely on human reason
Who was the most respected and influential of Hellenistic philosophers
Stoics
What was Socrates view of death
No evil can happen to a good man either in life or after death
Hellenistic philosopher that argued for the pursuit of pleasure
Epicurean
Temple for Athena
Parthenon
Plates written work
The republic
Who wrote the Iliad and odyssey
Homer
Where was the Minoan society
Crete
Capital of Minoan society
Knossos
Written language of Minoan
Linear A
Is Linear A discifered
No
What ended the Minoan society
Natural disaster and invaders
Mycenaean society
Took over Crete
Info Europeans
Who fought in the Trojan war
The Mycenaeans (Greeks) against the city of Troy
What is a polis
City state
Two most important poleis
Sparta and Athens
Helots
Spartan servants/ slaves
Not free
Not allowed to leave land
Provided labor
Who was Solon
An aristocrat that came up with the solution to end social disputes
What was solons plan
Aristocrats kept land, yet cancelled debt and debt slavery
Most popular Athens leader
Pericles
Who turned Athens to a democratic state
Pericles
What was the Delian league
Greek poleis formed the alliance to discourage Persian actions in Greece
Peloponnesian war
Athens vs Sparta
Sparta won
