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Purportedly wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey
Who is Homer
A system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives
What is a Democracy?
Any citadel or complex built on a high hill. 'High city', 'city on the edge' or 'city in the air', the most famous being in Athens, Greece, built in the 5th century BCE. Usually a central meeting place of a city-state.
What is an Acropolis?
How long did the classical period of Greece (the period that is most often referenced and studied) last?
A. 100 years
B. 200 years
C. 500 years
An ancient Greek war fought by the Delian League led by Athens against the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta. Ultimately won by Sparta,
What were the Peloponnesian Wars?
A city state in ancient Greece, especially as considered in its ideal form for philosophical purposes
What is a Polis?
A Polis in ancient Greece that was known for its control over its citizens and the firm way in which it raised and trained its young people to be future fighters in its military? Women had more power than in other city-states. Was also a long time rival of Athens and fought them in the Peloponessian Wars.
What is Sparta?
An ancient Macedonian ruler and one of history’s greatest military minds who, as King of Macedonia and Persia, established the largest empire the ancient world had ever seen
Who is Alexander the Great?
A small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution
What is an Oligarchy?
A conflict between Greece and Persia in the 5th century BCE which involved two invasions by the latter in 490 and 480 BCE. Several of the most famous and significant battles in history were fought during the Wars, these were at Marathon, Thermopylae, Salamis, and Plataea. The Greeks were ultimately victorious.
What are the Persian Wars?
Was a Greek philosopher and polymath during the Classical period in Ancient Greece. He was the founder of the Lyceum and the Peripatetic school of philosophy. Along with his teacher Plato, he has been called the "Father of Western Philosophy"
Who is Aristotle?
In ancient Greece a body of Greek infantry with long spears, drawn up in close order with shields overlapping.
What is a Phalanx?
Was a classical Greek philosopher who is credited with laying the fundamentals of modern Western philosophy. He is known for creating Socratic irony and the Socratic method (elenchus). ... He has had a profound influence on Western philosophy, along with his students Plato and Aristole
Who is Socrates?
What percent of the Athenian population was allowed to vote?
What is 12%?
A member of a class of serfs in ancient Sparta, intermediate in status between slaves and citizens
What is a Helot?
Is considered the pre-eminent Greek philosopher, known for his Dialogues and for founding his Academy north of Athens, traditionally considered the first university in the western world. Wrote The Republic.
Who is Plato?
Especially in ancient Greece, rule by one who has absolute power without legal right
What is Tyranny (Tyrant)?
An ancient school of philosophy founded in Athens. The school rejected determinism and advocated hedonism (pleasure as the highest good), but of a restrained kind: mental pleasure was regarded more highly than physical, and the ultimate pleasure was held to be freedom from anxiety and mental pain, especially that arising from needless fear of death and of the god
What is Epicureanism
Make the case for why Athens was not a Democracy?
Answers Vary
The so-called golden age of Athenian culture flourished under the leadership of this person (495-429 B.C.), a brilliant general, orator, patron of the arts and politician—”the first citizen” of democratic Athens, according to the historian Thucydides
Who is Pericles?
A heavily armed foot soldier of ancient Greece
What is a hoplite?
This person came to power in Athens in 508 BCE Created the Council of Five hundred to supervise foreign affairs and propose laws
Who is Cleisthenes
In 820 BC was the quasi-legendary lawgiver of Sparta who established the military-oriented reformation of Spartan society in accordance with the Oracle of Apollo at Delphi. All his reforms promoted the three Spartan virtues: equality (among citizens), military fitness, and austerity
Lycurgan (Lycurgan Reforms)
Make the case for why Athens was a Democracy?
Various Answers
Wrote the History of the Persian Wars
Who is Thucydides?