Week 23 Flashcards
What prompted the Third Messenian War between Sparta and the Messenians in 466 B.C.?
Earthquake caused the Helots to revolt
Whose advice did the Athenians follow when the Spartan king asked for Athenian aid in the Third Messenian War?
Cimon’s
What happened to Cimon because of the outcome of the Third Messenian War?
He was ostracized
Who became the sole leader of the Athens and ruled for a thirty-year period during the Golden Age of Athens?
Pericles
Who was recalled from exile to serve as general when Athens found themselves threatened by attacks from both Sparta and Persia?
Cimon
In 449 B.C. the Persian War officially ended when which Persian king after defeat swore to never wage war agains Athens or enter the Aegean Sea?
Artaxerxes I
What did the Athenians build that joined Athens to Piraeus, the seaport five miles away?
Long Walls
What magnificent temple did Pericles build on top of the Acropolis?
What famous sculptor is famous for decorating this magnificent temple
Parthenon
Phidias
What war between Athens and Sparta began before the thirty-year truce and lasted thirty years?
Peloponnesian War
Because the Athenians were taking refuge behind the Long Walls, deserted farms and villages of what region were destroyed?
Attica
What famous Greek philosopher spent all his spare time seeking truth and believed there was a God greater than the Greek gods who governed the world and practiced and taught forgiveness?
Name a pupil of this famous Greek philosopher
Socrates
Plato, Xenophon or Alcibiades
What natural phenomenon allowed Athens to take advantage of the Spartans and destroy the fields of the Peloponnesus?
Eclipse
What Greek doctor provided aid to Athens during the plague that ravaged the city during the war with Sparta?
Hippocrates
What philosopher and friend of Pericles was exiled from Athens for teaching the the Greek gods were not true?
Anaxagoras
