Greece Terms Flashcards
Homoioi
Spartan citizen
Perioiokoi
Free Doric communities allied with Sparta
Sparta would call on these places during a time of war to help them
Linear B
13th century
Symbols and pictures that meant things
Mycenae writing
Heinrich Schliemann
1822-1890
German industrialist
Discovered what he thought was Troy, using Homer as a source
Wanax
13th century
Name of a Mycenae king
Basileus
13th century
Mycenae local leader
Gerousia
13th century
Mycenae council of basileus
Mycenae
13th century
Where present day Greece is
Most cities were built next to cliffs and inland; lions were popular to put on front gates
Hoplite
8th century
New type of soldier and tactic
Would fight in a phalanx, with hoplites lined up covering the man next to them
Polis
8th century
Communities of clustered together villages
Helots
725-371
Not slaves, supplied the Spartans with everything they needed
This lead the Spartans to not have specialized trades which didn’t allow the Spartans to develope any further as a civilization
Arete
Excellence
Lycurgus
Law giver
Started Spartan way of life
Solon
594
Was a archon
Draco
621
Told to rewrite laws
Made laws extremely harsh
Archons
6th century
Political figures
Marathon
490
Persians suffered huge defeat
Greeks charged at them on the beach
Persians went sailed to Athens but Greeks sent a runner to Athens and saved Athens
Thermopolyae
480
300 Spartans against entire Persian army
Defeated because of goat path in the mountain side
Delian Cofenderation
478
Alliance formed with Ionians
This alliances help destroy almost all of the Persian army
Ostracism
5th century
Politics would be exiled for 10 years with a vote
Politicians would use this to help get rid of other politicians by rigging the vote
Pericles
429
Was like a tyrant
Peloponnesian War
431
Started with Medilini revolt against the Delian Confederate because they didn’t want to be part of the confederate anymore
Ended with Athens wining
Philip 2 of Macedonia
4th century
Was asked to help the Greeks
Made the new tactic Sarissas, used longer spears for taking over Greece
Controlled most of Greece
Alexander the Great
4th century
Took the throne in 336 after his dad was assassinated
3 years later united the Greeks again and conquers all of Persia
Died in 323, all his relatives were later assassinated
