The Greek Middle Ages Flashcards
What age began the middle ages and came after the Mycenaeans
The age of homer
What did the age of homer consist of?
The age of Homer consisted of Greek poet, homer who wrote the Iliad and the odyssey
What was the age of homers government style?
Monarch consisted of kings, but we’re not as powerful as the Mycenaean rule and also
Contain the council of Nobles
What were the classes of the age of Homer?
Aristocracy
Landless laborers
Slaves and thetes
What were the values in the age of Homer?
They had homework values which were aristocratic of values which served as a schoolbook of Greek life
What was polis
Polis was a city in Greece that was independent and started out as towns with marketplaces then came the need for expansion from overpopulation
Where did polis expand to?
Polis expanded to southern Italy, Sicily, Macedonia, Spain, France, and North Africa
What was Sparta?
Sparta was located in southern peninsula of Greece entered Man into military service. Government was a mixture of monarchy, democracy and oligarchy.
What was Athens?
Athens was located in Attica. They were slow to advance because of Portrait routes and had lack of unity among polis
They were rolled by council. Nobles called the. Areopagus
Agriculture problems arose, and the reformers solon came to the rescue of Athens
What was Greek religion?
They were polytheist who believed in the 12 Olympian gods
Aphrodite was goddess of love, beauty and fertility
Zeus was king and God of sky and thunder
