The Peloponnesian War Years: Darkness and Light Flashcards

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Q

The Athenians’ disastrous invasion of this island during the Peloponnesian War has sometimes been compared to the French and American involvement in Vietnam:

A

The Invasion of Sicily

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It has been known for at least a generation that the epidemic which hit Athens in 430 BCE was definitely not:

A

The bubonic plague

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Q

Aristophanes is the only Greek writer with complete or even nearly complete works in
this genre of comedy available to us today:

A

Middle Comedy and Old Comedy

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In which play did Aristophanes write, in connection with the Peloponnesian War,
“Women can do no worse than men have done?”

A

Lysistrata (or Assemblywomen)

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