Displacement Flashcards
what is the difference between refugees and immigrants?
immigrants choose to leave, but refugees are forced to leave
what was ostracism in ancient greece
a procedure under the athenian democracy where a specific person would be deported and barred from athens for a period of 10 years
what were the greco-persian wars
a series of wars and battles between the deleian league of greeks and the Persians between 492 and 449 bc
what was the peloponesian war?
a war between the delian league of greeks and the spartans after the end of the greco persian wars
what event inspired the play trojan women
the rape and pillaging of the neutral island of melos by the greeks during the peloponesion war
who wrote the play Trojan women?
euripides
what were the major themes of trojan women?
dignity in defeat, loss of loved ones, the brutality of war
what does foreign body mean?
a mindset for those who feel unwelcome in a new place, and an attitude for those who wish to exclude
what is a metic?
a person who would move to ancient athens to find a better life. They were not allowed to own land and many became successful businesspeople
what caused the deportation of greeks in istanbul in 1964
conflicts between the greeks and the turkish over the island of cyprus
