Greeks Flashcards
1
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What events occurred after the battle of Salamas?
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- Athens prepared a standing army to defend greeks against the persian
2
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What is the Delian League?
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Athenian alliance to protect greek city states from the achaemenid empire.
-greeks payed monthy payments to league
3
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What is the Peloponnesian Wars?
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- Civil war fought between greeks
- mainly the Spartans and Athenians
- persians assisted the Spartans enough to keep an equilibrium of civil war.
4
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What is the Age of Pericles?
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- short span in Greek history, age of philosophy, drama, and art expand.
- period after Persian war and before Peloponnesian War
5
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Who is Socrates?
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- 470-429
- Greek who invent the school of thought for philosophy
- double questions rich and famous to make fools out of them in public
- dies by jury sentence to death
- his word were recorded by disciples
6
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Drama Sophocles
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- 496-406 BCE
- wrote 123 plays only 7 survived and 4 are full
- Oedipus Rex (fate)
7
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Who is Philip of Macedonia?
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- founds the Macedonia empire
- father of Alexander the Great
8
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What makes the Macedonians military unique?
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- incorporate phylax of greek solider
- bring 18 foot long spears
- military solider is an occupation, unlike greeks go home “citizen solider”
9
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Who was Alexander the Great?
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-Son of Philip of Macedonia
-spread greek culture throughout the Mediterranean
-Defeated Darius 3 to obtain Persian Empire.
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10
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What is Hellenization?
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- the spread of Greek civilization in urban areas
- did not have to be greek ethnically
11
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What is Syncretism?
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- “melting pot theory”
- when ideas travel they mesh together to become a brand new hybrid idea
- occurs with ever culture
12
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What is Konne?
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- new
- distinctive
- based upon older dialteics
13
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Who was Plato?
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- student of Socrates
- believes philosophy has to be exchange of conversation
- believes senses de-value person
- writes down philosophy as a dialogue
14
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Who is Aristotle?
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- Plato’s star pupil
- goes against Platos idea of senses de-value person
- believes observation are at the core of his philosophy
- teaches Alexander the Great
15
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Who is Zeno the stoic?
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- founder of stoicism
- believes everything is pre-determined
- advocates all things should be engaged with moderation
