Government
negative of having a government ruled by one
What is unjust ruler in a monarchy causing suffering and oppression?
Became the Leading city-state after the Persian war
Who is Athens?
This is a traditional story often about gods & goddesses.
What is a myth?
Minoans had primitive versions of what in the palace?
What is plumbing?
This was the hill that overlooked Athens.
What is the Acropolis?
Paid citizens to attend dramas
Who is Pericles?
Negative aspect of a government ruled by the people.
What is pressuring leaders to prioritize popular opinion over sound judgement in a democracy?
Where Alex's world Conquest had to stop.
Where is India?
He wrote the Iliad and Odyssey.
Who is Homer?
Leading commercial center of Aegean civilization.
What is Mycenae?
Established democracy; who & where
Who is Cleisthenes in Athens?
He created the scientific method AND tutored Alexander the Great
Who is Aristotle?
This is a government ruled by a few people.
What is an oligarchy?
Attempted to take over the government in a coup detat
Who was Cylon?
Greek drama had two forms
What is tragedy and comedy?
Troy was located near this strait.
What is Hellespont?
The way of life centered on the training of warriors and "living on the edge."
Who is Spartan?
Group of people believed happiness was achieved by avoiding pain and fear
Who are the Epicureans?
This government ruled by a powerful man could restore order but can lead to this.
What is a tyrant who has unchecked power leading to abuse of the people?
Peloponnesian War developed over this.
What is a rivalry between Athens and Sparta?
He designed the pulley and lever; he was also a mathematician.
Who is Archimedes?
Established the first Athenian Law Code
Who is Draco?
Nurturing creativity and individualism. Kept intellectual heritage of ancestors. Encouraged commercial endeavors.
Who are Athenian men?
Who is Hippocrates?
The breakdown of the government and order
What is anarchy?
The spread of Greek culture brought about many things, including this to the Western world.
What is a common language?
While developing the body was important through athletics, the Greeks also thought this was important.
What is developing the mind with arete?
this celebration rededicates the temple
What is Hannukah?
Peloponnesian League formed to protect against foreign invasion
What is Sparta?
He believed the spiritual world was superior to the physical world AND Socrates pupil.
Who is Plato?
Basic political unit of Greece
What is a "polis"
On Magna Graecia betrayed Athens and sided with Sparta.
Who is Alcibiades?
He authored the first geometry book.
Who is Euclid?
the Hammer
Who is Judas Maccabeus?
Athens formed this to protect Greece from further Persian attack.
What is the Delian League?
He wrote about the Peloponnesian War.
Who is Thucydides?
A "safety value" in a Greek democracy.
What is ostracism?
Final battle to defeat the Persians
What is Battle of Platea?
Allowed myths and exaggeration to influence his writing of history.
Who is Herodotus?
Darius's son who continued to conquer Greece
Who is Xerxes?
Repealed many of the draconian laws.
Who was Solon?
Athenian Poltician/General who build and started the Navy!
who is Themistocles?