Chapter 13 Democracy and Empire: Athens and Sparta

Question 1

Heiro

Answer 1

Gelon’s brother whom Gelon had left in charge of Gela in 485

-moved to Syracuse ,handing Gela to another brother, Polyzalos.

Question 2

Common Resolution

Answer 2

All Scicilian cities signed this in 461 BC.

-The poleis were once again free and equal

Question 3

demagogues

Answer 3

“Leaders of the people”

-inclinations were deocratic.

Question 4

Segesta

Answer 4

City in which Elumians abandoned to

-Was to play a major role in Mediterranean politics in the 5th century BC

Question 5

Cimon

Answer 5

Leading politician in Athens

Question 6

Long Walls

Answer 6

fortifications that linked Athens and its harbor of Piraeus

Question 7

liturgies

Answer 7

“public services” performed by the rich, paying for festivals, sacrifices, or rigging warships.
-Rich politiciancs curried favor with people by spending more than they had to on these _

Question 8

Corcyra

Answer 8

(modern Corfu) Corinthian colony on a large island of Greece’s northwest coast.

Question 9

Epidamnus

Answer 9

Colony of Cocryra in what is now Albania

Question 10

metics

Answer 10

Men that were involved in trade chose to settle in poleis other than their own hoping to be able to home home as rich men. They were called _

Question 11

Old Oligarch

Answer 11

(440 BC) An anonymous writer, know because of his hostility toward democracy, described the material benefits from naval power.