Lesson 11-15 Review Flashcards
to drive off in disorder
rout
“Rejoice! Rejoice! We are victors!”
Phidippides
“Loose me! Loose me! I must go nearer that music!”
Odysseus
began the reform of the laws of Athens
Draco
Identify the starred location on the map.
Marathon
“Who is the happiest man you have ever known?”
Croesus
cities ruled by magistrates (citizens) instead of kings
republics
Homer’s epic about the wanderings of Odysseus
Odyssey
rich king of Lydia
Croesus
members of a city legislature
alderman
monster of the Strait of Messina; deadly whirlpool
Scylla and Charybdis
king of Ithaca; reluctant hero of the Trojan War
Odysseus
weak and soft in attitude and behavior
effeminate
a sudden, brief, violent windstorm
squall
throwing spears
javelins
Greek general; victor of the battle of Marathon
Miltiades
“There you will find both earth and water for your master.”
the Spartans
“Men of Athens! See what my enemies have done to me because I am a friend of the people.”
Pisistratus
a cross-country foot race of 26.2 miles
marathon
frugal and self-disciplined
spartan
son of Pisistratus; ruled Athens with his brother until killed by enemies
Hipparchus
son of Odysseus
Telemachus
conquered people forced into serfdom by the Spartans
Helots
a city fortress in a commanding position
citadel
Odysseus’ captain
Eurylochus
“Come back with this or upon this.”
saying of Spartan mothers
son of Pisistratus; ruled Athens until driven out for cruelty
Hippias
“Bring up this child for Sparta.”
order of Sparta
race of one-eyed giants
Cyclops
unemployed and lazy persons
idlers
“I care nothing for gods! But as for men, let me show you how much I like them! “
Cyclops
wife of Odysseus
Penelope
seized the Acropolis; made himself tyrant of Athens
Pisistratus
messenger who ran 22 miles to announce the victory of Marathon
Phidippides
king of Persia
Darius I (“the Great”)
sorceress; turned men into animals
Circe
sole ruler in a Greek city republic
tyrant
Identify the starred location on the map.
Athens
Identify the starred location on the map.
Asia Minor
long adventurous voyage
odyssey
further reformed the laws of Athens
Solon
prince of Sparta; reformed the laws
Lycurgus
island princess; found Odysseus on the shore
Nausicaa
Identify the starred location on the map.
Sparta
to recoil involuntarily, from surprise or pain
flinch
god of the winds
Aeolus
descendants of Hercules; conquered southern Greece
Spartans
“Sparta’s citizens are her walls.”
Lycurgus
ruling magistrate of Athens
archon
“When I hear whether or not your life has ended nobly, then I shall know whether or not you were really happy.”
Solon
Homer’s epic about the Trojan War
Iliad
fruit of a small tree
lotus
Identify the starred location on the map.
Sicily
citadel of Athens
Acropolis
messenger who ran 22 miles to announce the victory of Marathon
Miltiades
government by a few persons or families
oligarchy
hero-god said to have fought for the Greeks at Marathon
Theseus
sea nymph; cared for Odysseus for seven years
Calypso
