Greeks Flashcards
What events occurred after the battle of Salamas?
- Athens prepared a standing army to defend greeks against the persian
What is the Delian League?
Athenian alliance to protect greek city states from the achaemenid empire.
-greeks payed monthy payments to league
What is the Peloponnesian Wars?
- Civil war fought between greeks
- mainly the Spartans and Athenians
- persians assisted the Spartans enough to keep an equilibrium of civil war.
What is the Age of Pericles?
- short span in Greek history, age of philosophy, drama, and art expand.
- period after Persian war and before Peloponnesian War
Who is Socrates?
- 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
Drama Sophocles
- 496-406 BCE
- wrote 123 plays only 7 survived and 4 are full
- Oedipus Rex (fate)
Who is Philip of Macedonia?
- founds the Macedonia empire
- father of Alexander the Great
What makes the Macedonians military unique?
- incorporate phylax of greek solider
- bring 18 foot long spears
- military solider is an occupation, unlike greeks go home “citizen solider”
Who was Alexander the Great?
-Son of Philip of Macedonia
-spread greek culture throughout the Mediterranean
-Defeated Darius 3 to obtain Persian Empire.
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What is Hellenization?
- the spread of Greek civilization in urban areas
- did not have to be greek ethnically
What is Syncretism?
- “melting pot theory”
- when ideas travel they mesh together to become a brand new hybrid idea
- occurs with ever culture
What is Konne?
- new
- distinctive
- based upon older dialteics
Who was Plato?
- student of Socrates
- believes philosophy has to be exchange of conversation
- believes senses de-value person
- writes down philosophy as a dialogue
Who is Aristotle?
- 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
Who is Zeno the stoic?
- founder of stoicism
- believes everything is pre-determined
- advocates all things should be engaged with moderation
How is life best lived for Zeno the stoic?
333-264 BCE
-all things should be engaged with moderation
Who is Epicurus?
41-271 BCE
- Believes in the pursuit of pleasure
- that pleasure is found in the company of family
- enjoy everything in moderation
How was life best lived according to Epicurus philosophy?
-in the pursuit of pleasure
How do Epicurus follower interpret his philosophy?
-have a distorted view on pleasure and take it to the max
Who were the Cynics?
- translates into dogs
- live outside the social normal
- objected to social and culture protocol by breaking them
- bottom of social ladder
Why are the writing of Plato written out in dialogue?
Believes philosophy needs engaged in conversation
