Chapter 4 Flashcards
What is an epic poem
Long poem about a Greek Herod story
Facts about homer
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Greek poet
Was he even real
Wrote Illiad and odyssey
How did Greece geography affect its development
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Isolate Greeks from each other Own communities Trade for food Early trade Spurs growth Sea trade
2 ways Greeks were characterized
Architecture
Warrior society
3 events during the dark ages
Phoecians alphabet adopted
Developed bronze and iron weapons
Agricultural booms
Polis
Early Greek city state consisting of a city/town and its surrounding countryside
Acropolis
Fortified gathering place at top of a hill sometimes the site of temples and public buildings
Agora
Gathering place and market in an open area
2 ways city states were organized
Democracy (Athens)
Monarchy (Sparta)
How did the Greeks spread
Through trade and creating colonies
Women in Sparta
Warriors who protected the house
Women in Athens
Second class citizens Weren't well respected
Adult male citizen roles and rights
Political power and all normal rights
Adult male foreigners
Protection of law and had citizen responsibilities
Slaves
Zero rights
Worked
Women
2nd class
No leave home with out make export
No govt participation
Age of Pericles
Highly of Athens under Pericles
Had democracy
Why expansion was a turning point
Became foundation of western ifeals pertaining to their political govt
Growing led to conflict by:
Sparta threatened and attacked
Aristarchus
Sun center of universe
Eratosthenes
Earth round
Circumference of earth is 24,675
Euclid
“Elements” on plane geometry
Archimedes
Pi
Archimedes screw
Apollonius
Argonautica
Alexander conquered by
Unifying city states
Creating good army
Wiping out Persian
Mt Olympus
Home of gods
Originally though real mtn
Finally though floating in sky
Zeus
Jupiter
Supreme ruler of gods God of sky and lightening Overthrew father cronos to get power Thunderbolt Falls in love frequently an facts mn it
Hera
Juno
Zeus’s wife and sister
Goddess of marriage women childbirth heirs kinds empires
Protectors of marriage and married women
Jealous of Zeus’ affairs
Hades
Pluto
Lord of underworld God of earths hidden wealth Agricultural produce and precious metal Zeus is brother Ruler of Dead
Poseidon
Neptune
God of sea rivers floods droughts earthquakes creator of horses
Brother of Zeus
Demeter
Ceres
Goddess of grain agriculture and harvest
Moods affect season
Sister of Zeus
Aphrodite
Venus
Goddess of live and beauty Hephaestus wife Daughter of Uranus One of original deities Not technically Olympian
Hestia
Vesta
Virginia goddess of hearth home and chastity
Sister of Zeus
No myth about marriage or sex
Pure
Ares
Mars
God of war and violence
Son of Zeus and Hera
Ares is young hothead
Mars is older wise and calm
Athena
Minerva
Goddess of intelligence skill warfare battle strategie handicrafts wisdom
Adopted by hers
Sprang from Zeus head in full armor
Ironic women not supposed to be
Hephaestus
Vulcan
God f fire metalwork g and crafts Only ugly God Crippled leg Aphrodite's husband Son of Hera (asexual)
Apollo
Apollo
Twin of Artemis
God of light and associated with sun
Never tell a lie
Artemis
Diana
Twin to Apollo
Virgin goddess of the hunt
Associated with moon
Dionysus
Bacchus
God of wine parties and festivals
Father is Zeus mother was queen of Thebes
Hermes
Mercury
Messenger God
God of travel communication trade
Appears lots cause easy to incorporate
