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
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