review lesson 5 (21-25) Flashcards
date of the first olympic games
776 bc
date of the battle of cunaxa
401 bc
date of the battle of leuctra
371 bc
date of the battle of mantinea
418 bc
athenian naval commander who was exiled, then recalled
alcibiades
commander of the athenian expedition to sicily
nicias
spartan admiral who captured athens
lysander
athenian who overthrew the tyrants
thrasybulus
athenian philosopher put to death for disrespecting the gods
socrates
wife of socrates
xanthippe
philosopher and pupil of socrates
plato
greek author of the march upcountry
xenophon
the persian king from whom the greeks retreated
artaxerxes
theban general and victor at mantinea
epaminondas
hero at the battle of leuctra with his sacred band
pelopidas
persian general who attempted to seize his brother’s throne
cyrus
important athletic contest of the greeks, occurring every four years
olympic games
rulers installed at athens by sparta at end of peloponneisan war
thirty tyrants
school founded by plato
academy
history of the retreat of the 10,000 “the march upcountry”
anabasis
citadel of thebes
cadmea
greek name for the black sea
euxine
question and answer method of teaching
socratic method
“when the lions skin is too short, you must patch it with that if a fox”
lysander