Greece Flashcards
Athens reached it’s Democratic Zenith under the leadership of
Solon- (Pericles builds on solons reforms which had open councils to any citizen, supported appointment of commoners to public officers, building projects throughout the polis which created jobs and loyalty and he promoted art)
Frescoes often show beautiful people who are wealthy in what SOCIETY?
Minoan society
What that salvation cults of the Hellenistic era promise believers which was not available through Greek philosophy or traditional religion
The promise of a rewarding after life
Similarity between Minoan and Mycenean
Both built palaces
Antigonid empire (Hellenistic empire )
Greece & macedon (smallest)
Ptolemaic empire (Hellenistic)
Egypt -North Africa
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Alexandria cap@ mouth of Nile
Seleucid empire (Hellenistic)
(Largest) Anatolia to Bactria
In Greek society women could..
Operate small business
Sparta>poleis
Socrates(470-399BCE)
Gray “an un examined life isn’t worth living”????
-killed w/ charge if core outing Athens youth
Plato (430-347BCE)
Socrates disciple theory of forms/ideas
Reflection if perf world
His book REPUBLIC expressed ideal philosophy king
Aristotle (384-322BCE)
Plato student
No forms if ideas but the use if logic
Hellenistic philosopher:epicureans
Identified pleasure as the greatest food
Hellenistic philosopher:skeptics
Doubted certainty of knowledge sought calmness
Hellenistic philosopher:stoics
Taught individuals duty to aid others and lead virtuous lives most respected and influential
Hellenistic philosopher: cult of Osiris
Speculation about a single universal God emerged mono theism
Unlike many slaves in _____which were used for human sacrifice slaves in____the where provided the agricultural labor necessary to feed the polis
Maya culture-Sparta
Despite the many differences The Hellenistic philosophers would have most agreed with _____ regarding duty because of the Greek focus on fulfilling one’s duties to reason and logic in order to achieve a sense of inner peace and tranquility
Hindu thinking in the UPANISHADS