Chapter 3

Question 1

What did the Greeks call themselves?

Answer 1

Hellenes

Question 2

What did they eat?

Answer 2

Grapes-ship well, make wine
Olives-valuble commodity- cook clean, burn lamps
Grain.

Question 3

Strigil

Answer 3

Used Oil to bathe, did not use soap. Would use Strigil to wipe oil off.

Question 4

Greeks famous for pottery

Answer 4

made by men- shaped to function and used to cook

women painted them.

Question 5

Greek Polis

Answer 5

City-State

- city and its surrounding country side, including villages

Question 6

Olympics 776 BCE

Answer 6

Involved entire Panthellenic world

• Ppl brought offerings to Zeus
• Military men would leave armour
• Theodosius I banned olympic games/ pagean events illegal.

Question 7

Aristocrats

Answer 7

person who is from upper class/nobility

-before 1st democracy- govt ruled by aristocrats

Question 8

Hoplites

Answer 8

Main defense of city state

• infantry men in metal body armor
• Phalanx - marched 100% together ( turned together also)

Question 9

Symposium

Answer 9

most women allowed ( 2nd class citizens)
Symposiast & Hetaera ( high class/ prostitutes)
  ---Hetaera-could go into symposium-learned to read, write, sing

Question 10

Homosexual relationships

Answer 10

men in 20/30’s take younger men as lover

• personal/social intimacy
• –benefits younger partner to learn info of political/alliances

Question 11

Sacred Band of Thebes

Answer 11

• 150 pairs male lovers
• Elite force of Theban army in 4th century
• Lion of Chaeronea put up in honor of band of thebes

Question 12

Greece women

Answer 12

-men HOH
-different rights depending on city-state
-poor women worked out of house
-made clothes for family
This is not case in sparta

Question 13

Hoplite Revolution

Answer 13

• paid for own equip
• -learned Phalanx tactics-defend polis
• forced aristocrats to share political power
• —–threatened to refuse to fight/ cripple military defense

Question 14

Tale of 3 Poleis

Answer 14

Demo Kratia
In Sparta
- oligarchy- power in few wealthy
- tyranny - sole ruler/ took power by force
- monarchy - power by 1 ruler / passed down

Question 15

Archon ( Athens)

Answer 15

First men
9 presided over gov of polis (military/religion)
-served for 1 yr
Areopagus- appointed archons- could control its own future memberships
- all became lifetime members of Areopagus

Question 16

Tyranny

Answer 16

Took by force

• Ancient Greek tyrants are Good rulers even though they took rule by force
• stayed in power because they had strong military and support from ppl

Question 17

Draco’s Law

Answer 17

He was chosen to write laws

• punishments harsh (often death)
• introduced ideas of state provided punishments (instead of private parties)

Question 18

Solon - sole archon

Answer 18

poet & aristocrat but made $$ as merchant

• no more debt slavery
• encouraged olive/grape farming
• set up appeal courts
• anyone prosecute on behalf of another citizen
• wealth determine politic partic. not property ownership
• assembly elects archons
• requires parents to teach sons a trade

Question 19

Draco’s law written on

Answer 19

Kyrbeis
could turn them on an axle
read the writing on all sides, if you could read.

Question 20

Peisistratus (tyrant)

Answer 20

• tries to gain power 3 times
• war hero
• married local aristocrat daughter
  
  • –doesnt want to have kids w/ her

Question 21

Peisistratus

Answer 21

Kept power

• hired merchenaries to be in his army
• took children
• highest offices held by family members

Question 22

Peisistratus

Answer 22

Champion of the poor

• build water supply & public buildings
• new festival of Dionysius (god of wine/fertility)
• competitions of athletics/drama
• cash loans farmers for olives (more pottery sales)
• made 1st athens coins(state coins) like modern day webpage
• introduced judges who travel around hearing court cases