Two small cities Flashcards
What was unique about ancient Greek cities?
Each city was a kingdom in itself.
What united the Greeks?
Their religion and their sport.
Where were the Dorians located?
Southern Greece.
Could the Dorians, Ionians and the Aeolians understand each other?
They could but they often chose not to.
What was one of the ways the Greeks honored Zeus?
Great sporting contests were held every four years in his sanctuary at Olympia
Who competed at Olympia?
The Dorians, Ionians, Spartans, and Athenians.
What did the Greeks compete in at the Olympics?
Running, Discus and javelin throwing, hand to hand fighting, and chariot racing.
What was the prize for winning the Olympics?
A simple garland made from sprigs of wild olive.
How did the Olympic winners become famous?
The greatest poets sang their praises, and the greatest sculptors carved statues to stand forever in Olympia.
How did the sculptors depict the Olympic winners?
They were shown in their chariots, throwing the discus, or rubbing oil into their bodies before the fight.
What was one of the ways the Olympic Games were important in Greece?
Since the Olympic Games took place once every four years, and were attended by all the Greeks, they provided everyone with a convenient way to measure time.
What was the other sanctuary all Greek held sacred?
Delphi.
Whom did Delphi belong to?
Apollo.
What was strange about Delphi?
As sometimes happens in volcanic regions, there was a fissure in the ground from which vapor issued. If anyone inhaled it, it literally clouded their mind. It was as if they were drunk or delirious, and nothing they said made any sense.
What did the Greeks say about Delphi?
‘The god himself speaks through a mortal mouth.’
What did the Greeks call the priestess at Delphi?
Pythia
What do we call vague or enigmatic answers?
“oracular.”
When did the Dorians(Spartans) arrive in Greece?
Around 1100 BC.
Why were the Spartans constantly on guard?
When they arrived at Greece they enslaved the former inhabitants and put them to work on the land. But the slaves outnumbered their masters, and the danger of rebellion meant that the Spartans had to be constantly on the alert lest they find themselves homeless again.
Who was the Spartans lawmaker?
Lycurgus.
What was the Athenians goal in life?
To live a life with meaning.
Why do people call it ‘Draconian’ severity?
The nobles who once ruled Athens imposed harsh laws drawn up by an Athenian named Draco.
Who created the laws stating that the people, that is, the city’s inhabitants, should decide the city’s affairs themselves. They should assemble in the marketplace of Athens and vote. The majority should decide and should elect a council of experts to put those decisions into effect?
Solon.
When were Solon’s laws introduced.
594 BC—at the time of Nebuchadnezzar.
In what way were the Ionians in the colonial outposts ahead of the Athenians?
In discussions about the whole of nature. For they had already reflected on what the world was actually made of, and what might be the cause of all events and experiences.
