Classical Greece

Question 1

polis

Answer 1

city state

Question 2

city state of athens

Answer 2

• wrote down a lot of stuff
• one of the first democracies
• white marble statues used to be colorfulg

Question 3

panhellenism

Answer 3

• Panhellenism
• language
• Homeric/epic tradition
• religion
• games

Question 4

what happened with the persains

Answer 4

• 490-480 BC they invade Greece
• battle of marathon: Athenians stop them

Question 5

new government structure

Answer 5

Cleisthenes called his new structure of government isonomia (equal + law), but it would eventually be known as democratia (citizenry + power)

Question 6

citizenship

Answer 6

• only about 25% of the population of Athne was considered citizens
• male, parents born there

Question 7

Senate

Answer 7

• lots of members
• no career politicians
• prepared bills for assembly
• administrative not legislative

Question 8

Assembly

Answer 8

• open to all citizens
• aneone could vote and spread
• voted to declare war/treaties, foreign policy, laws

Question 9

positions not elected

Answer 9

generals and accountants/treasurers

Question 10

judicial branch

Answer 10

• no cops, lawyers, or judges
• anyone can bring suit, they are the prosecutor
• juries between 500-1000
• trials lasted no more than a day and majority rules

Question 11

Delian League

Answer 11

• confederation of Greek poleis formed after the persian wars
• “same friends/enemies”
• have to pay tribute to central treasury (money or ships)
• treasury controlled by Athens

Question 12

point of Delian League

Answer 12

• eliminate persian threat
• take a bit of persian land
• respect each others autonomy
• after persian threat dissipates, Athens doesn’t disband the league

Question 13

allies can revolt whenever they want

Answer 13

• would take over land after revolt
• disrespected autonomy
• made polises keep paying tribute (very expensive)

Question 14

athens military power

Answer 14

• all the money went to athens
• when allies tried to secede athens had so much military power/money
• conquer just to conquer

Question 15

Pericles

Answer 15

• career general
• ## aware of how bad athens is

Question 16

confederated assembly

Answer 16

execution in the hands of an Athenian high command, usually topped by a strategos (general)

Question 17

The Parthenon

Answer 17

• Built on the site of the former Parthenon (burned by the Persians)
• Housed Delian League treasury
• Paid for by the League Treasury

Question 18

Parthenon Metopes

Answer 18

• square carvings
• North: fall of troy
• South: Centuaromachy (Centaurs vs. Lapiths)
• East: Gigantomachy
• West: Amazonomachy

Question 19

Citizenship laws of Pericles

Answer 19

• offspring of parents who were both Athenian citizens

Question 20

reasons for Citizenship laws of Pericles

Answer 20

• Athenian citizenship growing in value, restrict it!
• Particularly impedes the wealthy, and especially those with old aristocratic and political families
• Thousands are disenfranchised through bouts of court cases calling their citizenship into question

Question 21

Problems with Citizenship laws of Pericles

Answer 21

people mad

Question 22

Melians vs athenians

Answer 22

• athenians killed lots and enslaved the rest
• because melians wouldn’t submit to slavery

Question 23

tragedy

Answer 23

• school of democracy

Question 24

jason and the golden fleece

Answer 24

• goes to Colchs to get fleece to be king
• bad at being a hero
• seduces Medea to betray country and gets him the fleece
• she gets to leave barbarians land and marry him

Question 25

Medea

Answer 25

• Jason abandons her for Glauce
• she takes revenge by killing Glauce and her kids as well as her own kids