Rivalries of Greek City States and Growth of Athenian Democracy Flashcards
after the wars, many greek states entered an _________ with athenians
alliance
The struggle to prevent Persian takeover purges powerful sense of _________ ________
Hellenic Identity
the tributes of the alliance between greek states and the athenians allowed for public services such as ______ _____
jury duty
what impact did the democratic reforms in athens have
the aristocrats have less power
The lower class became more pivotal to the city’s well being
more men could participate in govvy
______ and ______ remain important
Delphi and Olympia
477 representatives from Athens and many other sates met at Delos and form an organization to fight the ________
this league is know as the ________ league
to fight the persians
this league is known as the delian league
who was the leader of the delian league
athens
what did the delian league want to do
contain persia
gather money as compensation for damage persia did to greece
revenge
how was each state’s contributions to the delian league assessed
athenian aristocrats assessed each states contribution
what did the delian league eventually do
they were able to drive the persians out
The Delian League was able to establish a new colony/cleruchy, which was still a part of athens
what was it’s purpose
an outlet for unwanted citizens
discourages the rebellion from athens
other than in their first year, the delian league kept track of their contributions using what
“athenian tribute lists” which lists the one-sixth of each contribution that was dedicated to the goddess Athena Polias
inscribed on a marble slab
multiplied by sixty, these figures give the size of each state’s contribution in a given year
there was much debate about whether or not to do what
(in reference to the delian league)
whether or not members had to pay contributions
as many states believed it should be up to them how much peril they were in from persia
the athenians refusal to permit states to remain aloof from the League combines with the gradual conversion of tribute paymment from ships to money sent what message?
that the athenians rules the sea and were converting the naval alliance into an empire
Athenians were generally united in their ideas. They were divided however in their relationship with _______
sparta
Themistocles encouraged competition between athens and _______, as well as the developement of _________
Themistocles encouraged competition between athens and sparta, as well as the developement of democracy
Cimon favored ______ and opposed any further ___________
(when advising to athens)
Cimon favored sparta and opposed any further democratization
Where did Athens stand of their realtionship with Sparta, and on their decision to stay democratic or not
Athens favoured Cimon’s idea of keeping warm relations with sparta, and opposing the increasingly democratic trend in
What did Athens do to Themistocles
Ostracized him, he then fled to Persia
Cimon _____ to command in Athenian assembly
continued
when helots revolted in sparta, who did they reach out to for help
the hellenic league
how did the athenian assembly react to spartas cry for help during the helot’s revolt
How did CImon react?
caused debate in the athenian assembly
ephialtes didnt want to help sparta
Cimon wanted to help
When the Athenians decided to help the spartans during the helot’s revolt, what happened
they went but got tuned away, deciding to align with sparta’s enemy, argos
Cimon was then ostracized
After Cimon was ostricised, what happned to Athenian government
sparked the beginning of full athenian democracy
Ephialtes passed significant democratic reforms
After Ephialtes passed significant democratic reforms, what did those who disagreed with him do?
disagreers killed him
who took over after Ephialtes
Pericles
The First Peloponnesian war was an ________ war
undeclared
the first Peloponnesian war was between who
athens and sparta
the first Peloponnesian war consisted of a series of battles, with what in between
intervals of peace
what place, between Corinth and Attica, played a role in outbreak of Peloponnesian wars
Megara
How was megara influential in the Peloponnesian wars
they allied themselves with Athens to obtain protection from Corinth
what did Athens build for protection
big ass walls
athens’ land was ________ out
maxed
athens was still determined to continue operations against _______
persia
athens sailed against egypt and ______
lost
who negotiated a truce of five years between athens and sparta
Cimon
Argos signed a 30 year treaty with ______
sparta
When Cimon died, who did Athens make peace with
Persia
what is the ekklesia
an athenian assembly met
they met in open air on the hill known as Pnyx
how often did the ekklesia meet?
a) one a year
b) every 30 days
c) every ten days
every ten days
the guiding spirit of Athenian imperialism was _______
pericles
Athenians generals had power by _______
esteem
after Pericles died, what changed in the athenian
govvy
hint _____ and _____ diverged
mililatry and politics
Pericles served on the board of ____ generals
board of ten generals
by the time of Pericles, the Athenians had come to call their form of government _________
demokratia
a govvy in which kratos (power) was in the hands of the demos (the people)
the judicial system in athens, had large juries and _____ their jurors
paid
who were Simonides and Pindar
(in relation to athens in it’s democratic era)
both lyric poets
simonides - persian war poet
Pindar - epikike poet, poems of athletic vicotry
what is the meaning of epi-nike
“upon athletic victory”
Athens in 5th century was fascinated with _______ interpretations of history as opposed to thological
humanistic (realistic)
the greeks were very interested in nature and customs
what does this mean?
is our lifestyle based on customs (nurture) or our genetic makeup (nature)
what is the literal definition of logographer
storyteller/storywriter
greek painters and sculptors shared a fascination for with the human and ______
divine
in the 5th centurey, greek art became less ______
static
action and movement become more important
Herodotus of Halicarnassus was called the father of _______ (initially), or the father of ______
Called the father of history (initially) or the father of lies
Herodotus of Halicarnassus attempted to explain what in his writings
He attempted to explain the persian wars
He explained everything relating to and leading to the Persian wars
Herodotus of Halicarnassus was not ethnocentric, what does this mean
Tried to write unbiasedly what anyone said about the wars
what is the meaning of “histories”
means inquiry/questionings
In Herodotus’ theory of History - threefold progression
explain the meaning of blindness, pride and destruction
Blindness - when you become successful you become blind to certain things
Pride - if you continue to be successful you become prideful
Destruction - as a result of the above two, it leads to your destruction
This is what happened to Xerves and a lot of humans
IE. Xerxes does not listen to any warnings given to him and carries on his own accord
Thucydides wrote about the history of what war
the peloponnesian war
thucydides was the ______ of Herodotus
opposite
Thucydides was known as a _______ historian
he gathered as much evidence as possible and sifted through accounts to make sure everything was right
forensic
thucydes documented the plagues that swept through athens, and also recorded the _____ and ______ dynamics at the time
family and social dynamic
when a baby was born in attica, the father decided whether to ______ or ______ __
raise or expose of it
most sons were raised
women less values
the life expectance in classical athens was what
35-45
children of divorce lived with which parent
their father
school in classical athens was only for who
rich males
kids in classical athens played three common games
Khytrinda
posinda
and drapinda
what are they
Khytrinda - like money in the middle and tag
posinda - a guessing game
and drapinda - tag where the kids pretend to be runaway slaves
what is the meaning of epikleros
daughter with no brothers
must marry fathers closest relative and divorce her current partner
so they can fuck and make a male heir
Xenopon wrote about the ______ of a wife
training
_____ united states on the seas
trade
trade was necessary for what reason
no polis had everything they needed on their own
what city was the most populated
athens
metics played a key role in _______
economy
what were metics in 5th cenury classical athens
rich residents of athens who did not own land
was illegal to do so without dispensation
Metics could not do what in athenian govvy
hold office
not technically a citizen either
metics _____ their home
rented
________ replaced tyrannys
democracies
what is banusic labour and how was it viewed
working under someone else’s command
working indoors
looked down upon, seen as not a real mans job
