End Of The Golden Age In Greece Flashcards
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Peloponnesian War-
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- fought between the Delian league and and the Peloponnesian league
- Historians have divided the war into three phases.
- Athens lost
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Battle of Aegospotami (405 BC)-
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- naval battle 405 BC
- the last major battle of the Peloponnesian War
- a Spartan fleet under Lysander destroyed the Athenian navy.
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Aftermath of the Peloponnesian War-
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Sparta won though both Athens and Sparta were left in shambles ending their golden age
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Greek educational system-
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education was highly valued (more so in Athens then Sparta)
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Socrates-
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- philosopher from Athens
- credited as a founder of Western philosophy
- first moral philosopher of the Western ethical tradition of thought.
- taught by asking questions
- his students learned to challenge authority and ultimately that got him hung
- self-mastery (enkrateia), endurance of physical pain (karteria), and self-sufficiency (autarkeia).
- knowledge is virtue
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Plato-
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- Socrates student
- philosopher during the Classical period in Ancient Greece
- founder of the Platonist school of thought and the Academy.
- He believed that those who are happy are those who are moral and follow the four cardinal values
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Aristotle-
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- student of plato
- philosopher and polymath during the Classical period in Ancient Greece.
- founder of the Lyceum, the Peripatetic school of philosophy, and the Aristotelian tradition.
- He believed that happiness was the goal of life, achieved by living virtuously.
- taught Alexander the Great
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Roles of men and women-
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men were expected to be well spoken and educated where as women were expected to be literate and good at housework
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what are the 4 cardinal values Plato believed would bring happiness
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- temperance
- fortitude
- prudence
- justice