Greece Flashcards
What three bodies surround Greece?
Mediterranean Sea
Ionian AE
Aegean se
Natural disadvantages
No major waterways
Lack of key river
Hilly, smallish
Kept it separate
Main regions
Mainland Greece= Athens
Peloponnesus= Sparta
Crete
Delian League
The alliance Athens made w/ other Greek city-states (after Delos)
Where is it located?
Southern tip of bulkan peninsula
Trojan War
Mycenae vs Troy
Reason: economic rivalry
Victors: Mycenaeans
Persian War
Greek city states vs Persia
Reason: halt the spread of the Persian empire
Victor: Greek city states
Peloponnesian war
Athens vs Sparta
Reason: resentment of Athenian donation in disagreement on form of government
Victor: Sparta and allies
Socrates
Sought truth and self-knowledge; Socratic method
Plato
Favor in the role of a philosopher – King; wrote The Republic
Aristotle
Promoted the idea of the Golden mean; wrote Politics
Zeno
Founder of Stoicism
Homer
Poet; wrote the illiad and the odyssey
Aeschylus
Tragic playwright; wrote the Oresteia
Sophocles
Tragic playwright; wrote Antigone
Euripides
Tragic playwright; wrote The Trojan Wars
Aristophanes
Comic playwright; wrote Lysistrata
Herodotus
Historian; encouraged research in histories; wrote The Persian Wars
Thucydides
Historian; promoted unbiased writing of histories
Pythagoras
Developed the formula for Pythagorean theorem
Euclid
Geometry
Wrote the elements
Aristarchus
Theorized that the solar system is heliocentric
Eratosthenes
Determined that earth is round and calculated it’s circumference
Archimedes
Lever and pulley
Hippocrates
Developed a code of ethics for medical practitioners
