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Midterm Flashcards

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Linear A&B

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  • Linear A language is not known but not Greek
  • Linear B described Mycenaean religion
  • Linear B described economics
  • Linear B described described the societal structure
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Leonids

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  • Spartan Warrior
  • Led the Spartan contingent
  • Killed fighting against the Persians at Thermopylae in 480 BC
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Hesiod

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  • A poet
  • Earliest Greek literature
  • In his writings there is a key to the character of the Greeks, they were intensely competitive people and interested in individual achievements
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Hippias

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  • Old tyrant of Athens
  • His reign became much harsher after the death of Hipparchos
  • Athens drove him out with Spartan help in 510 BC
  • He guided the Persians after landing at Marathon in 490 BC, hoping to be reinstalled in power
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Herodotus

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  • Writer
  • Wrote on Persian war
  • Attributes the alphabet to Cadmus, founder of Thebes
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H. Schliemann

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  • Following the discover of Troy, he turned his attention to Mycenae
  • He discovered the golden death mask
  • Discovered bulls head vessel in silver/gold
  • Discovered bronze dagger inlaid with a hunting scene
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Arthur Evans

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  • First to excavate Minoan palaces at Konossos
  • Named a brightly colored frescoes depicted a hitherto unknown civilization, Minoan, after King Minos
  • Discovered hundreds of inscribed clay tablets which tells of a complex and sophisticated administration
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Theseus

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  • Local hero of Athens
  • Journeyed to Crete to confront the Minotaur
  • Bulls figure in a Minoan ritual contribute to this myth
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Peisistratus

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  • Set himself up as a tyrant
  • His reign was characterized by the construction of temples and a water supply system
  • His sons are credited with attracting notable poets to their court
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Thucydides son of Olorus

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  • Political philosopher and general
  • Known as Father of Scientific History
  • Showed an interest in developing an understanding of human nature to explain behavior in in crises like plague or massacres
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Agora

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  • Greek word for “ open palace of assembly”
  • Excavations here have revolutionized the study of Athens in all periods
  • Public space
  • Marketplace
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Alcibiades

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  • Played a major role in the second half of the peloponnesian war as a strategic advisor, military commander, and politician
  • last famous figure of his mothers aristocratic family
  • Changed his political allegiance several times
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Homer

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  • Best know as the author of Iliad and the Odyssey
  • Believed by the ancient Greeks to be the first and greatest of epic poets
  • Author of the first known literature of Europe
  • “Teacher of all Greece”/ “First Teacher”
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Helot

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  • “Captured ones”
  • Local, enslaved residents
  • Name derives from the coastal city of Helos
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Acropolis

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  • Ancient citadel (fortress)
  • Contains remains of Parthenon
  • Hosted Panathenaea every 4 years
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Minos

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  • First person to establish a navy
  • Master of the Hellenic sea
  • Ruled over the Cyclades
  • Appointed his own sons as governors
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Stoa

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  • Any long colonnaded building
  • Ideal public buildings for the Mediterranean climate
  • Served as markets, public offices, magistrates’ headquarters, storerooms, display of paintings, voting offices, and simply a place to hang out
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Symposium

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  • Drinking party
  • Accompanied by hyms
  • Common event among aristocracy
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Thebes

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  • Type of Mycenaean tomb
  • Nine are known of to Mycenae
  • Consists of a dormos(entrance), main chamber, smaller chamber, all covered by tumulus of earth
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Cleisthenes

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  • “Father of Athenian”
  • Reformed the constitution of ancient Athens and setting it on a democratic footing
  • Increased the Athenian citizens assembly
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Solon

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  • Guidance of the political institution of democracy in Athens
  • Law giver
  • Established the right to appeal to a popular court which was to include all levels of citizenry
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Pericles

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  • Construction of the public and sacred buildings
  • Guidance of the political structure of democracy in Athens
  • Never the chief magistrate
  • He was elected general of his tribe and influenced public policy
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Polycrates of Samos

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  • Under polykrates Samos flourished during the Archaic period
  • Most impressive aqueducts out of the tyrants
  • Tyrant of Samos
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Miltiades

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  • Known for his role in the Battle of Marathon of devising the tactics
  • Elected to serve as one of them generals
  • He defeated the Persians
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Inhumation

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  • Burial in the ground
  • Hollowing out a trench
  • Covering by rocks
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Lycurgus of Sparta

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  • Law giver
  • served as a regent for one of the early kings
  • Said that motherhood is the most important function of a freeborn women
  • insisted on physical training of women because if both parents are ripped their baby will be ripped
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Aristophanes

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  • Described the Panathenaia (parade)
  • Eleven plays of Aristophanes survive from the end of the fifth century
  • Known as the father of comedy
  • His plays give us most of our information on him
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Croesus

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  • King of Lydia
  • Saying “as rich as Croesus” comes from his wealth
  • some consider him to be a legendary figure
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Diolkos @ Cornirh

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  • A stone paved road built across the isthmus
  • Easier for transportation
  • 40 stades/ 8 km
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Eris

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  • goddess of chaos
  • Dwarf Planet named after her
  • Patron deity of the modern Discordian religion
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Themistocles

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  • Political institution of democracy took root under him in Athens
  • Changed the political landscape of the city in the early 5th century
  • The rowers of his military expected more political power
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Xerxes

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  • Led the new and improved Persian campaign in 480 BC
  • King of Persia
  • Took Athens after its abandonment
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Ephor

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  • Leaders of Sparta
  • Shared power with the Spartan Kings
  • Five were elected annually
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Cleon

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  • Athenian statesmen and general during the Peloponnesian war
  • First prominent representative of the commercial class in Athenian Politics
  • He was an aristocrat
  • The death of Pericles cleared the field for him

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