December Exam Jeopardy Flashcards
What is the Colossus of Rhodes?
It was constructed from proceeds of a failed siege by Demetrius Poliorcetes.
2What are the Philippics?
They were a series of speeches given by Demosthenes to persuade the Athenians to organize against Macedonian aggression.
Who was Peisistratos?
During my tyranny, I established the Panathenaic festival.
Who were the sophists?
Like Protagoras, they taught the young men of Athens rhetoric, among other subjects.
Who were the Presocratics?
They sought the universal substance that made up the kosmos.
Who is Plato?
Since Socrates wrote nothing, he is our main source of information about the man.
Who was Pericles?
The person who praised Athens for being a “School of Hellas”
What is the Parthenon?
The Athenian monuments was constructed from 447 to 438 BCE
Who was Aristophanes?
Comic playwright who mocked Socrates and the Sophists in “The Clouds”
Who was Sophocles?
I wrote the tragedy, “Antigone”?
What are the Iliad and the Odyssey?
A blind poet named Homer supposedly wrote these epics
What is the Pnyx?
Where to go to attend a meeting of the Assembly
What are the Long Walls?
Torn down by the Spartans, they once stretched from Athens to Piraeus
What is the Agora?
The political and economic “heart” of Athens
What is Attica?
The region that surrounds Athens
What is the Acropolis?
The “high city” of Athens
What is an ostracism?
An annual vote to exile one citizen from Athens for a period of ten years
What is every ten days (4 times per month or 40 times per year)?
How often the Assembly of Athens met
What is the Boule (Council of 500)?
It was composed of 50 citizens from each Athenian tribe
What is the ekklesia?
It was the citizens assembly of Athens
What is random lottery?
How most officials in Athens were chosen
What is the andron?
The room in the house where the symposion would take place
What is a metic?
A resident alien
What is a trireme?
A warship with 3 banks of oars
