Chapter 3 Reversed Flashcards
The earliest civilization in the Aegean region on the island of Crete during the Bronze Age civilization
Minoan civilization
One of the greatest poets of all times
Homer
Homers epic of the Trojan war
Iliad
An epic romance that recounts the journeys of a Greek hero Odysseus
Odyssey
A community is votive a in with all political, economic, social, cultural, and religious activities were focused
Polis
A city that was basically turned into a military camp
Sparta
Had unified polis on the peninsula of Attica, government and faced serious political turmoil because of serious economic problems
Athens
Power is in the hands not of a minority bit of the whole people
Democracy
After the Peloponnesian war some dude ran 26.2 miles to tell if he victory and then died
Marathon
Dude who believed that the Spartans would win the Peloponnesian war then he died a month after it ended
Pericles
The author of the Persian wars
Herodotus
The greatest historian of the the ancient world. He wrote the history of the Peloponnesian war
Thucydides
Plays based in suffering of a hero usually ending in disaster
Tragedy and comedy
Art expressing eternally true ideas
Classical style
A Classical Greek temple built between 447-432BC
Parthenon