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Rivalries of Greek City States and Growth of Athenian Democracy Flashcards

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after the wars, many greek states entered an _________ with athenians

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alliance

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The struggle to prevent Persian takeover purges powerful sense of _________ ________

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Hellenic Identity

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the tributes of the alliance between greek states and the athenians allowed for public services such as ______ _____

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jury duty

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what impact did the democratic reforms in athens have

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the aristocrats have less power

The lower class became more pivotal to the city’s well being

more men could participate in govvy

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______ and ______ remain important

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Delphi and Olympia

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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

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to fight the persians

this league is known as the delian league

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who was the leader of the delian league

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athens

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what did the delian league want to do

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contain persia

gather money as compensation for damage persia did to greece

revenge

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how was each state’s contributions to the delian league assessed

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athenian aristocrats assessed each states contribution

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what did the delian league eventually do

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they were able to drive the persians out

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The Delian League was able to establish a new colony/cleruchy, which was still a part of athens

what was it’s purpose

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an outlet for unwanted citizens

discourages the rebellion from athens

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other than in their first year, the delian league kept track of their contributions using what

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“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

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there was much debate about whether or not to do what

(in reference to the delian league)

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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

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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?

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that the athenians rules the sea and were converting the naval alliance into an empire

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Athenians were generally united in their ideas. They were divided however in their relationship with _______

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sparta

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Themistocles encouraged competition between athens and _______, as well as the developement of _________

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Themistocles encouraged competition between athens and sparta, as well as the developement of democracy

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Cimon favored ______ and opposed any further ___________

(when advising to athens)

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Cimon favored sparta and opposed any further democratization

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Where did Athens stand of their realtionship with Sparta, and on their decision to stay democratic or not

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Athens favoured Cimon’s idea of keeping warm relations with sparta, and opposing the increasingly democratic trend in

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What did Athens do to Themistocles

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Ostracized him, he then fled to Persia

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Cimon _____ to command in Athenian assembly

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continued

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when helots revolted in sparta, who did they reach out to for help

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the hellenic league

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how did the athenian assembly react to spartas cry for help during the helot’s revolt

How did CImon react?

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caused debate in the athenian assembly

ephialtes didnt want to help sparta

Cimon wanted to help

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When the Athenians decided to help the spartans during the helot’s revolt, what happened

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they went but got tuned away, deciding to align with sparta’s enemy, argos

Cimon was then ostracized

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After Cimon was ostricised, what happned to Athenian government

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sparked the beginning of full athenian democracy

Ephialtes passed significant democratic reforms

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After Ephialtes passed significant democratic reforms, what did those who disagreed with him do?
disagreers killed him
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who took over after Ephialtes
Pericles
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The First Peloponnesian war was an ________ war
undeclared
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the first Peloponnesian war was between who
athens and sparta
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the first Peloponnesian war consisted of a series of battles, with what in between
intervals of peace
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what place, between Corinth and Attica, played a role in outbreak of Peloponnesian wars
Megara
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How was megara influential in the Peloponnesian wars
they allied themselves with Athens to obtain protection from Corinth
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what did Athens build for protection
big ass walls
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athens' land was ________ out
maxed
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athens was still determined to continue operations against _______
persia
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athens sailed against egypt and ______
lost
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who negotiated a truce of five years between athens and sparta
Cimon
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Argos signed a 30 year treaty with ______
sparta
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When Cimon died, who did Athens make peace with
Persia
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what is the ekklesia
an athenian assembly met they met in open air on the hill known as Pnyx
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how often did the ekklesia meet? a) one a year b) every 30 days c) every ten days
every ten days
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the guiding spirit of Athenian imperialism was _______
pericles
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Athenians generals had power by _______
esteem
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after Pericles died, what changed in the athenian govvy hint _____ and _____ diverged
mililatry and politics
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Pericles served on the board of ____ generals
board of ten generals
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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)
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the judicial system in athens, had large juries and _____ their jurors
paid
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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
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what is the meaning of epi-nike
"upon athletic victory"
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Athens in 5th century was fascinated with _______ interpretations of history as opposed to thological
humanistic (realistic)
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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)
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what is the literal definition of logographer
storyteller/storywriter
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greek painters and sculptors shared a fascination for with the human and ______
divine
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in the 5th centurey, greek art became less ______
static action and movement become more important
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Herodotus of Halicarnassus was called the father of _______ (initially), or the father of ______
Called the father of history (initially) or the father of lies
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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
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Herodotus of Halicarnassus was not ethnocentric, what does this mean
Tried to write unbiasedly what anyone said about the wars
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what is the meaning of "histories"
means inquiry/questionings
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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
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Thucydides wrote about the history of what war
the peloponnesian war
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thucydides was the ______ of Herodotus
opposite
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Thucydides was known as a _______ historian he gathered as much evidence as possible and sifted through accounts to make sure everything was right
forensic
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thucydes documented the plagues that swept through athens, and also recorded the _____ and ______ dynamics at the time
family and social dynamic
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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
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the life expectance in classical athens was what
35-45
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children of divorce lived with which parent
their father
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school in classical athens was only for who
rich males
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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
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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
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Xenopon wrote about the ______ of a wife
training
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_____ united states on the seas
trade
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trade was necessary for what reason
no polis had everything they needed on their own
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what city was the most populated
athens
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metics played a key role in _______
economy
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what were metics in 5th cenury classical athens
rich residents of athens who did not own land was illegal to do so without dispensation
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Metics could not do what in athenian govvy
hold office not technically a citizen either
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metics _____ their home
rented
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________ replaced tyrannys
democracies
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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

Classics 1000 (15 decks)

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