The Greeks Flashcards
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Minos
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Legendary first king of Crete
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Knossos
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Sir Arthur Evans discovered the palace at Knossos
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Mycenaeans
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First Greeks
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Schliemann
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Discovered Troy and Mycenae
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Iliad / Homer
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Epic poem
Human responsibility.
Arête
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Polis
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Greek word for city
Constant warfare against eachother
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Sparta
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Helots (slaves)
Ephors (breeding of perfect society)
Women (had some power)
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Athens
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Economy was based on both trade and agriculture.
No democracy.
Education was not free.
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Solon
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Came to power in Athens
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Cleisthenes
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Father of Athenian democracy.
Council of 500.
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Herodotus / Persian war
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Father of history.
Documented wars
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Xerxes
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Leader of Persians
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Aristophanes (the clouds)
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Considered greatest playwright. Anti-war Anti-new intellectualism Anti-city Anti-democracy
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Socrates
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“The wise”
The apology.
Socratic method
“The unexamined life is not worth living”
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Plato (the republic)
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“The idealist”
