Week 5 - The Delian League

Question 1

During what century did Thucydides write and what did he write about?

Answer 1

Late 5th century BCE; the Peloponnesian War

Question 2

Which two Greek dramatic poets are especially important for our understanding of the political sensibilities of ordinary people?

Answer 2

Aeschylus and Aristophanes

Question 3

What is the author of the Athenaion Politeia preserved in Xenophon referred to as?

Answer 3

The Old Oligarch or Pseudo-Xenophon

Question 4

When was Aristotle’s Athenaion Politeia written?

Answer 4

4th century BCE

Question 5

What do we call the Athenian local historians?

Answer 5

The Atthidographers

Question 6

Name 3 of the Attic orators:

Answer 6

Lysias, Isokrates and Andokides

Question 7

Whose lives did Plutarch detail?

Answer 7

Perikles, Kimon, Aristeides and Themistokles.

Question 8

What type of evidence refers to inscriptions?

Answer 8

Epigraphic evidence

Question 9

What was the Delian League?

Answer 9

A confederacy of Greek poleis founded under the leadership of Athens.

Question 10

When was the Delian League founded?

Answer 10

478 BCE

Question 11

What was the purpose of the Delian League?

Answer 11

To fight the Achaemenids

Question 12

What kind of alliance was the Delian League?

Answer 12

An offensive and defensive alliance called symmachia.

Question 13

What league did Sparta lead?

Answer 13

The Peloponnesian League

Question 14

When was the Peloponnesian League founded?

Answer 14

550 BCE

Question 15

What League was born during the Persian Wars?

Answer 15

The Hellenic League

Question 16

Who made up the Hellenic League?

Answer 16

Athens and their allies joined the Peloponnesian League to fight the Persians.

Question 17

What was Themistokles’ social background?

Answer 17

Aristocratic

Question 18

When was Themistokles archon?

Answer 18

493 BCE

Question 19

What happened to Themistokles after the Persian Wars? Why?

Answer 19

He was ostracized / exiled to Argos for 10 years. This was because he became very politically influential during them.

Question 20

What did Themistokles do during the Persian war?

Answer 20

• Led the Athenian fleet
• Promoted the construction of a new fleet after having found Laurion silver

Question 21

According to Thucydides (1.89-90.1), what did the Athenian people start doing once the Persian war was over?

Answer 21

Rebuilding the city and the walls.

Question 22

What did the Spartans request for the Athenians to do after the Persian war?

Answer 22

Instead of rebuilding their walls, they asked them to join them in destroying the fortifications of other owns outside the Peloponnesus.

Question 23

What did the Spartans fear in the Athenians after the Persian war?

Answer 23

• The strength of the Athenian navy.
• The spirit with which the Athenians fought.

Question 24

What were members of the Delian League required to do?

Answer 24

Supply money and / or ships for the war against the Persians.

Question 25

Where was the alleged treasury for the Delian League?

Answer 25

Island of Demos

Question 26

According to Diodorus Siculus, what was Hetoemaridas’ view on the Delian League?

Answer 26

That the Spartans should leave Athens to it basically - that it was not in Sparta’s interest to lay claim to the sea.

Question 27

What were the reasons for the Delian League?

Answer 27

• Revenge on the Persians (a precursor)
• Freedom for Ionia, financial reparations.

Question 28

What were 2 obligations to be part of the Delian League?

Answer 28

• Payment of tribute, or ships
• Had to take part in League campaigns - desertion would lead to punishments.

Question 29

What did the DL do in 476/5 BCE?

Answer 29

Lay siege and captured Eion

Question 30

What did the DL do in 474 BCE?

Answer 30

Captured the island of Skyros in the Aegean (attack against pirates).

Question 31

What did the DL do in 472 BCE?

Answer 31

Attacked Karystos who were a threat if they medised with the Persians.

Question 32

What did the DL have to subdue in 469 BCE?

Answer 32

A revolt of Naxos from the league