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GRST-1100 Intro to Greek Civilization > Final Exam > Flashcards

Final Exam Flashcards

1
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Isonomia

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Equal Access to the law

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Ekklesia

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meeting place of Athens where laws and military decisions were made

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Boule

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Council of 500. Meant to manage the ekklesia. In charge of overseeing elections, the navy, public buildings, and prosecuted treason cases.

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Strategoi

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General

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Polemarkhos

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The man in charge of arranging funerals for men who died in war.

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The Dikasteria

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the jury courts of Athens

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Archon

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chief magistrate (similar to a king but the Athenians didn’t like kings)

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The Agora

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Public meeting place of Athens. Where political meetings and juries would gather.

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9
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Dikastes

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The jury in a court case

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The Areopagus

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The court where murder cases would be heard.

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Archon Basileus

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The man who oversaw all religious aspects of Athens. Also oversaw the court of the areopagus.

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12
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400

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The year the city began to pay its citizens who attended the ekklesia.

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13
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451

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Perikles citizenship law came into place. (Reaffirmed in 403 after defeat of thirty tyrants)

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14
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487

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The year the state started paying archons

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Lysias

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A famous speechwriter of Ancient Athens

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Graphe

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A crime against the state. (for example, intentional wounding (case))

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The Delphinion

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A Homicide court of Athens. In this court, you defended yourself for killing someone with the defense of “lawful killing”

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18
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Bouleusis

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The charge of planned murder

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Antiphon

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A famous speechwriter in Ancient Athens

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The Palladion

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A homicide court of Athens. This court oversaw a variety of murder cases (unintentional killing, killing of a non-citizen, plotting a killing, etc)

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Euphiletus

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The speaker in Lysias 1. The man who “lawfully killed” Eratosthenes.

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Dike

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A crime against the individual

23
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Miasma

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A stain or pollution

24
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Kurios

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An Athenian male who would speak on the behalf of women and children in the courts.

25
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403-380

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The years when Lysias produced his speeches

26
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430-411

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The years when ANtiphon wrote his speeches

27
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Simon

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The person whom the charge is against in Lysias 3

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Doxe

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Reputation

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Trauma ek pronoias

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The charge of intentional wounding

30
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Theodotus

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The boy whom the speaker and Simon had been fighting over.

31
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Neaera

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The woman on trial in Demosthenes 59

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Phano

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the accused daughter of Neaera

33
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Stephanus

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The man who prosecuted Apollodorus under the law of graphe paranomnon. Also lives with Neaera.

34
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Theomnestos

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The man in Demosthenes 59 that is trying to harm his enemy through Naeara

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Apollodorus

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The speaker in Demosthenes 59

36
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Hetaira

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A prostitute that had talents other than sex. A woman who you could purchase time with to talk and spend meaningful time with.

37
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Ho Boulomenos

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The man who prosecutes the graphe charge

38
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Gune

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A wife or betrothed woman

39
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Corinth

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A city-state in Attike that Neaera was from

40
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342-340

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The timeframe in which Demosthenes 59 was written

41
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Dowry

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A payment made to the groom of a woman by the bride’s family. meant to offset the cost of having a woman in the family.

42
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Theogenes

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Naearas second husband (was archon basileus at the time)

43
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Basilinna

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The wife of the Archon Basileus

44
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Anthesterion

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A festival for dionysus?

45
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Phratry

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A “brotherhood” or group containing citizens. You would show them your wife or child to solidify their citizen status.

46
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Plato

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Ancient Greek philosopher, follower and friend of Socrates

47
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Socrates

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Ancient Greek Philosopher, often caused trouble for the Athenian elite by asking them questions they could not answer and making them look foolish.

48
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Anytus and Meletus

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The two men who accused Socrates of asebeia

49
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Asebeia

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the charge of not worshipping the gods properly

50
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Apollo

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The patron god of philosophy. It was after apollos oracle said no one is wiser than Socrates that he went out to see if it was true.

51
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399

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The year Socrates died

52
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The Prytaneum

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One of the oldest buildings in Athens that contained the sacred flame of Athens. The prytaneum was used to entertain ambassadors and to feed for free those who had participated in the Olympian games of Zeus or an unusually successful Strategos.

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Daimonion

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A personal “spirit” or “voice” that would follow Socrates around and tell him not to do something.

54
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Graphe Paranomnon

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Making an illegal proposal to the Ekklesia.

GRST-1100 Intro to Greek Civilization (2 decks)

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