Lesson 29: Timeline and Drill Questions Flashcards
He was a cynic who ridiculed the follies of man.
Diogenes
Philosophy that counsels man to seek pleasure (peace of mind) in life.
Epicureanism
Famous Greek philosopher called the Man of Wisdom.
Aristotle
Aristotle’s most famous pupil.
Alexander
He gave lectures from a porch, from which his philosophy took its name.
Zeno
Philosophy that counsels man to endure life without emotion or feeling.
Stoicism
336 B.C.
death of Philip
323 B.C.
death of Alexander
He was a stutterer who became the greatest orator of Athens.
Demosthenes
Athenian orator who practiced speaking with stones in his mouth.
Demosthenes
He copied the famous speeches in Thucydides eight times.
Demosthenes
A bitter denunciation of a man or party.
Philippic
He urged the Athenians to fight Macedonia the way their forefathers had fought against the Persians.
Demosthenes
He could recite the “Illiad” from beginning to end.
Alexander
King of Persia defeated by Alexander.
Darius III
He cried at the age of 30 because he had no new worlds to conquer.
Alexander
The name of Alexander’s horse.
Bucephalus
He cut the Gordian knot.
Alexander
Alexander destroyed this city, pulling every building but one to the ground.
Thebes
Father of Alexander who conquered Greece.
Philip of Macedonia
Greek military formation that made the Greeks superior fighters.
phalanx
371 B.C.
battle of Leuctra
362 B.C.
battle of Mantinea
Two leaders who liberated Thebes from Sparta
Epaminondas and Pelopidas
401 B.C.
battle of Cunaxa
399 B.C.
trial and death of Socrates
Three Persian leaders who fought with the Greeks and are found in the Bible.
Darius, Xerxes, Cyrus
Name of book detailing the March of the 10,000.
Anabasis
Persian king during the March of the 10,000.
Artaxerxes
Student of Socrates who led the 10,000 out of Persia.
Xenophon
Persian general who attempted seizure of his brother’s throne.
Cyrus
He drank hemlock cheerfully.
Socrates
The love of wisdom.
philosphy
The ugliest person in all of Greece.
Socrates
Greek philosopher who recorded the wisdom of Socrates.
Plato
Socrates’ question-and-answer method of teaching.
Socratic Method
Plato’s open-air school at Athens.
the Academy
431-404 B.C.
Peloponnesian War
430 B.C.
plague at Athens
Spartan admiral during the Peloponnesian war who captured Athens.
Lysander
He pulled down the Long Walls to the sound of music.
Lysander