Greece Flashcards
Who taught Aristotle?
Plato
Who taught Plato?
Socrates
Who taught Alexander?
Aristotle
Who taught Phillip II?
Epaminondas
Who taught Timon?
Pyrrho
Who is Alexander’s Father?
Phillip II
Who is Cronus’s Father?
Uranus
Who is Zeus’s Father?
Cronus
Who is Orestes’s Father?
Agamemnon
Who is Helen’s Father?
Zeus
What is Achilles? (state)
Achaean
What is Aeneus? (state)
Trojan
What is Agamemnon? (state)
Achean
What is Cimon? (state)
Athenian
Who is Cimon?
Cimon is a greek general associated with the Delian league, his father is Miltiades. He fought against the Persians. Battle of the Eurymedon.
Who is Miltiades?
He fought in the battle of Marathon against the Persians, was seen as the hero of the war but then fell from grace and became a Persian hero.
What is Cleisthenes? (state)
Athenian
Who is Cleisthenes?
Father of Democracy
What is Cyrus? (state)
Trojan
What is Darius? (state)
Persian
Who is Darius?
The guy who lead the Persian- Greek fights, since he was the leader of The Persian Empire. Participated in the Battle of Marathon. The guy who built Persepolis.
What is Hector? (state)
Trojan
What is Leonidas? (state)
Spartan
Who is Leonidas?
King of Sparta and fought in Thermopylae same time as Xerxes (Persian). Died in battle.
What is Lycurgus? (state)
Sparta
Who is Lycurgus?
Lycurgus is that baddie who said the Spartan way of life was too soft and that they needed to prepare for slave revolt.
What is Menelaus? (state)
Achaean
What is Minos? (state)
Minoan
Who is Minos?
He is the son of Zeus, King of Crete, step dad to the minotaur.
What is Odysseus? (state)
My baddie Achaean reining king of Ithica, neither man or mythical, Polyphemus’ darkest moment.
What is Paris? (state)
Trojan
What is Pasiphaë? (state)
Minoan
What is Patroclus? (state)
Achaean
What is Priam? (state)
Trojan
Who is Priam?
King of Troy during the Trojan War
What is Solon? (state)
Athens
Who is Solon?
Forgotten Father of democracy, came first before Cleisthenes.
What is Themistocles? (state)
Athenian
Who is Themistocles?
General in the Battle of Salamis, the guy who recognized Athens’s potential for naval power. After his victory in Athens brother was booted out of the country and sought refuge in Persia. Also same time as Xeres.
What is Xeres? (state)
Persian
Who is Xerxes?
Son of Darius, King of Persia, fought in the battle of Thermopylae and the Battle of Salamis.
Identify the date of the following battles and put them in order: Chaeronaea, Gaugamella, Marathon, Plataea, Salamis, Thermopylae, Troy
Troy (12 cenutry BCE), Marathon (490 BCE), Thermopylae (480 BCE), Salamis (480 BCE), Plataea (479 BCE), Caeronaea (338 BCE), Gaugamela (331 BCE).
Who killed Hector?
Achilles
Who killed Agamemnon?
Clytemnestra, (his wife).
Who killed the Minotaur?
Theseus
Who killed Clytemnestra?
Orestes, (her son).
Who killed Achilles?
Paris and Apollo dual effort.
Who killed Iphegenia?
Agamemnon, (her dad).
Why is Lycurgus famous?
He’s the baddie who made Sparta a powerhouse.
Why is Solon famous?
The forgotten father of democracy
Why is Pericles famous?
Fought in the Peloponnesian war, also in the Delian league. He’s also the guy who did that thing with the poors.
Why is Cleisthenes famous?
The father of democracy after Solon.
Why is Pisitratus famous?
Pisistratus’ rule helped set the stage for the later development of Athenian democracy, as it gradually weakened the traditional aristocratic powers while giving more attention to the common people. His sons are those twins.
What battle did Themistocles fight in?
The Battle of Salamis
What battle did Hector fight in?
The Battle of Troy
What battle did Leonidas fight in?
The Battle of Thermoplyae
What battle did Pericles fight in?
The Peloponnesian War
What battle did Miltiades fight in?
The Battle of Marathon
What battle did Xerxes fight in?
The Battle of Salamis and Thermopylae
What battle did Cyrus fight in?
The Battle of Troy
What battle did Darius fight in?
The Battle of Marathon
What battle did Philip II fight in?
Battle of Chaeronaea
What battle did Alexander fight in?
Battle of Gaugamela
Ostracism
Athens
Gerousia
Sparta
Labrys
Crete
Parthenon
Athens
Labyrinth
Crete
Rhetra
Sparta
Ephors
Sparta
Minos
Crete
Double Envelopment
Macedonia
The Immortals
Persia
Apella
Sparta
Lacedaemon
Sparta
Thalassocracy
Athens
Delos
Athens
Piraeus
Athens
What is the Delian League?
an alliance of Greek city-states led by Athens
Achilles returns to battle after whose death?
Patroclus
At what age was a Spartan a full citizen?
30
At what age were Spartan boys taken from their mothers?
7
Cimon was a citizen of which city?
Athens
Cleisthenes changed the size of the Athenian boule to how many?
500
During which war did the Athenians utilize the “long walls” connecting Athens and their port the
“piraeus”?
Peloponnesian War
Epicureanism was founded by whom?
Epicurus
How did Lycurgus change Spartan custom?
He made them vigorously train starting at the age of 7
How did Lycurgus change the land ownership in Sparta?
Lycurgus redistributed land in Sparta to ensure equality among citizens
How many spartans fought at Marathon?
about 1,000 Spartan soldiers
How many spartans fought at Thermopylae?
300 Spartans
How was Thera destroyed?
Volcanic eruption
Why did Lycurgus institute the Spartan way of life?
Slave revolt
What form of money did Lycurgus institute?
Iron bars
Pericles gained prominence in Athens by gaining the favour of whom?
the common people
Philip II conquered Greece in 338 BC at which battle?
Battle of Chaeronea
Salamis is nearest to which Greek city?
Athens
Solon allowed only one export for Athens. What was that export?
Olive Oil
Solon instituted a council of how many?
400
Solon was the famous lawgiver of which city?
Athens
Sparta had how many kings?
two kings at a time
The followers of which philosopher are known as the Peripatetics?
Aristotle
The Gerousia consisted of how many members?
28
The Greeks fought which nation’s army at the battle of Salamis?
Persia
The Labrys is most closely associated with which nation?
Crete
The Labyrinth was most closely associated with which nation?
Crete
The Peloponnesian war ended in which year?
404 BCE
The Phaistos Disk is most closely associated with which nation?
Crete
The Snake Goddess is most closely associated with which nation?
Crete
The Spartans won the Peloponnesian war with the aid of whom?
The Persians
The standard heavily-armoured Greek soldier was known as what?
hoplite
Themistocles was responsible for what?
Athens Navy
Thera is most closely associated with which nation?
Minoan
What is a “sussition”?
Dining club in Sparta
What was an ostrakon was used for?
the pot they used for ostracism
What was the fate of Minos in the underworld?
became a judge in the Underworld after his death
What was the name of Alexander the Great’s horse?
Bucephalus
Where did the Delian league have their treasury?
First at Delos then at Athens
Where was Alexander proclaimed a “son of god?”
Egypt
Where were the largest Minoan palace complexes?
Knossos, Phaistos, and Malia on the island of Crete.
Which Athenian convinced the city to build the navy that saved them at Salamis?
Themistocles
Which civilization succeeded the Minoan civilization?
Mycenaean civilization
Which famous Athenians were ostracized?
Themistocles, Aristides, Cimon, Pericles
Which figures were tyrants of Athens?
Peisistratus, Hippias, Hipparchus
Which god is considered the “king” of the Greek gods?
Zeus
Which god was known for his philandering (sleeping around)?
Zeus
Which philosopher founded the Academy?
Plato
Which philosopher is known as the “Father of Medicine”?
Hippocrates
Which philosopher was executed for corrupting the youth of Athens?
Socretes
Which political reformer did not allow his laws to be written?
Lycurgus
Which political reformer wrote his laws on tablets?
Draco
Who castrated Ouranos?
Zeus
Who empowered the Delian League with victories over the Persians?
Themistocles
Who excavated the ruins of Knossos?
Sir Arthur Evans
Who excavated the ruins of Mycenae?
Heinrich Schliemann
Who excavated the ruins of Troy?
Heinrich Schliemann
Who led the Persian forces at Thermopylae?
Xerxes
Who married Clytemnestra of Sparta?
Agamemnon
Who passed laws that protected Athenians from being enslaved or arrested for debt?
Solon
Who told the Athenians to trust in their “wooden walls”?
Themistocles
Who was king of Persia during the first invasion of Greece?
Darius
Who was king of Persia during the second invasion of Greece?
Xerxes
Who was the brother of Agamemnon?
Menelaus
Who was the father of Alexander III the Great?
Phillip II
Who was the god of war in Greek mythology?
Ares
Who was the great general of the Athenians during the early period of the Delian League?
Cimon
Who was the greatest hero of the Trojans, who was killed by Achilles?
Hector
Who was the king of Persia when they conquered Lydia?
Cyrus
Who was the leader of Athens at the beginning of the Peloponnesian war?
Pericles
Who was the leader of the Athenians and their allies at Marathon?
Miltiades
Who was the Leader of the Spartans at Thermopylae?
Leonidas
Who won the Peloponnesian war?
The Spartans
Who wrote the Iliad?
Homer
Who wrote the Theogony and Cosmogony?
Hesiod
Whose wife copulated with a bull?
Minos
Why did Achilles withdraw from battle?
A fight with Agamemnon
Zeus married which of his sisters?
Hera
What is Datis? (state)
Persian
Who is Datis?
Worked for king Daruis, general who fought in the Battle of Marathon.
What is Artaphernes? (state)
Persian
Who is Artaphernes?
Darius’s nephew, also fought in the Battle of Marathon
Put in chronological order; Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Skeptics, Neoplatonists, Sophists, Epicureans
Sophists – 500 BCE, Socrates – 470–399 BCE, Plato – 427–347 BCE, Aristotle – 384–322 BCE, Epicureans – 400–300 BCE, Skeptics – 300, Neoplatonists – 300
What is Mardonius? (state)
Persian
Who is Mardonius?
Nephew of King Darius, led the Persian forces after Xerxes.
Killed in the Battle of Plataea when the Persian army was defeated.
What is Pausanias? (state)
Spartan
Who is Pausanias?
Regent of Sparta and commander of the Greek allied forces. Led the Greeks to victory at Plataea.
What is Aristides? (state)
Athenian
Who is Aristides?
He was known as Aristides the just. He established the Delian League, played a crucial role in the Battle of Marathon and the Battle of Plataea
