Chapter 5 study guide Flashcards
Trojan War
waged against the city of Troy by the Greeks after Paris of Troy took Helen from her husband Menelaus, king of Sparta.
Homer
Author of the lliad
Epic
a long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the history of a nation.
Myth
a traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events.
Polis
a city state in ancient Greece, especially as considered in its ideal form for philosophical purposes.
Acropolis
a citadel or fortified part of an ancient Greek city, typically built on a hill.
Monarchy
a form of government with a monarch at the head.
Aristocracy
the highest class in certain societies, especially those holding hereditary titles or offices.
Oligrachy
a small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution.
Tyrant
a cruel and oppressive ruler.
Demodcracy
a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.
Helot
a member of a class of serfs in ancient Sparta, intermediate in status between slaves and citizens.
Phalanx
a body of troops or police officers, standing or moving in close formation.
Persian War
a series of wars fought by Greek states and Persia over a period of almost half a century.
Direct Democracy
is a form of democracy in which people decide
Tragedy
Greek tragedy was a popular and influential form of drama performed in theatres across ancient Greece from the late 6th century BCE.
Comedy
one of the final three principal dramatic forms in the theatre of classical Greece
Peloponnesian War
an ancient Greek war fought by Athens and its empire against the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta.
Philosopher
a person engaged or learned in philosophy, especially as an academic discipline.
Socrates
a classical Greek philosopher credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy
Plato
philosopher mathematician in Classical Greece, and the founder of the Academy in Athens
Aristotle
a Greek philosopher and scientist born in the Macedonian city of Stagira
Philip the second
King of Spain from 1556 and of Portugal from 1581.
Macedonia
part of Northern Greece, together with Thrace and sometimes Thessaly and Epirus.
Classical art
It is the art of ancient Greece and Rome. Some people like classical art so much that they compare every other style of art to it. The ancient Greeks excelled in painting, sculpture, and architecture
Alexander the great
King of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon and a member of the Argead dynasty, an ancient Greek royal house.
Darius the third
originally named Artashata and called Codomannus by the Greeks, was the last king of the Achaemenid Empire of Persia from 336 BC to 330 BC
Hellenisic
language, and culture from the death of Alexander the Great to the defeat of Cleopatra and Mark Antony by Octavian in 31 BC
Alexandria
the city that alexander the great found
Euclid
Greek mathematician, often referred to as the “Father of Geometry”.
Archimedes
Ancient Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer
Colossus of Rhodes
a statue of the Greek titan-god of the sun Helios, erected in the city of Rhodes, on the Greek island of the same name, by Chares of Lindos in 280 BC
