Lessons 3-11 Flashcards
the record of people as they relate to other people and to other nations
political history
earliest Greek historian
Herodotus
It was the lot of Hellas to have its season for more failry tempered than other lands.”
Herodotus
the response or message given by god to people
oracle
dwelling place of the gods
Mount Olympus
father of gods and men
Zeus
wife of Zeus
Hera
chief nymph of the gods
Pan
“Nothing in excess.”
inscription on temple
an event with five different contests
pentathlon
“If you have exercised youself in a manner worthy of hte Olympic Festival, if you have been guilty of no slothful or ignoble act, go on with a good courage. You have to so practiced, go whither you will.”
official motto of the Olympic Games
system of leaders and laws that maintain order in a state
government
city with surrounding territory that is politically independent
city-state
“The city is well fortified which hath a wall of men instead of brick.”
Lycurgus
wise man and lawgiver of Sparta
Lycurgus
“The city is well fortified which hath a wall of men instead of brick.”
Lycurgus
wise man and archon of ancient Greece
Solon
“The gods, O King, have given the Greeks all other gifts in moderate degree, and so our wisdom, too, is a cheerful and homely, not a noble and kingly wisdom, and him only to whom the divinity has continued happiness unto the end, we call happy.”
Solon
small group of people who have control of a country
oligarchy
fortress on high ground that protects a city
Greek rulers who seized power without legal right.
tyrants
Greek colony
Ionia
Ionian poet
Homer
a drink poured out as an offering to a god
libation
Athenian who ran to Sparta to request help and ran to Athens to declare the Athenian victoy over the Persians
Pheidippides
battle between Athenians and Persian army
Battle of Marathon
“Athens is saved!”
Pheidippides
part of the Persian army always containing ten thousand men
the Immortals
place of battle between Spartans and Persians
Pass of Thermopylae
“I may have take vengeance on the Athenians for all the things which they have done both to the Persians and to my father. I will not cease until I have conquered Athens and burnt with with fire.
Xerxes
king of Sparta
King Leonidas
Date of Battle at the Pass of Thermopylae
480 B.C.
year of the First Olympic Games
776 BC
