vivilizations
the three ancient civilizations/cultures related to the Aegean
cycladic, minoan, mycenaean
hellenic
greek
the four reformers
the illiad and the odyssey are what to ancient greek people
religious texts
thales, anaximander, herakleitos, pythagorus
king minos' son
the minotaur
homeric ideal
it is important to live one's own life to the fullest and accomplish as much as possible while alive
dracos' reform
writes the first ancient greek code of laws
what did all of the women have in common odysseus saw in the underworld
they all had associations with men
anaximander's belief
specific things emerge from apeiron (the boundless)
a civilization with no military, but a powerful navy
minoan
age of heroes
a mythical period that emphasizes the feats of ordinary people - the age of "godlike men"
pisastratos' reforms
1) dismembered the large farming estates and distributed them to landless peasants
2) imported artists and poems, and commissioned the first scholarly edition of Homer's poems
the main idea of old mycenaen culture in the Illiad
desire for honor on the battlefield
herakleitos' reasoning for the guidance of change
logos
the cyclades islands were the birthplaces of
artemis and apollo
greek word for city-state
polis
cleisthenes' reforms
2) creats the council of five hundred
the prime example of the homeric ideal in the illiad
achilles
the specialty of thales belief
the first recorded, naturalistic guess about the origins of matter
relationship with arete and the hellenes
if the hellenes are reaching a period of balance, then their idea of arete should be in harmony with their institutions
ancient greek humanism
freedom of thought about human affairs and room to experiment with human passions
solon's reforms
1)freed all slaves
2)created the council of four hundred
3) limited the important governmental office to the uppcerclass
4) all reforms must remain in effect for ten years
5)established a manufacturing economy
two unspoken messages in the Odyssey
2) fighting to gain things in this life may be more fulfilling than fighting to die and achieve eternal glory after death
what was different about pythagoras' belief
it was in complete contrast to that held by the Ioanians