Miscellaneous
He was the main rival to Pericles from the aristocratic class and a supporter of peaceful co-existence with Sparta.
Who was Cimon?
This reformer started the process of Athenian democratization by ending debt-peonage.
Who was Solon?
The Athenian victory at the start of the Persian War that prevented the initial landing of the Persian Fleet.
What was Marathon?
The initial treaty that prevented allies from switching sides and created a cold detente after the First Peloponnesian War.
What was the Thirty Years' Peace?
This text records the causes and events of the Peloponnesian Wars. The first section outlines the origins of Greece (give the name) while a section in the middle details the rise of Athenian imperialism (give the name).
So text name and two section names to win.
What is "History of the Peloponnesian Wars" by Thucydides? What is "the Archaeology" and "the Pentecontateia"?
A Greek elite cultural practice where an older man would sleep with a young boy in order to raise him to be the best possible citizen.
What is pederasty?
He limited the power of the Areopagus in favor of the Ekklesia and Boule before being assassinated.
Who was Ephilates?
The naval victory of a combined fleet that ended the conflict.
What was Salamis?
The Spartan general who led the invasion of Attica but warned Sparta against a hasty act of war.
Who was King Archidamus?
This trilogy of plays recounts the inter-familial violence of House Atreus and the foundation of the Athenian judicial system.
What is the Oresteia (Agamemnon, Libation Bearers, Eumenides) by Aeschylus?
Sparta subjugated this group of people and relied on their agricultural labor for the survival of the state,
What are helots?
He divided the Athenians into ten tribes where each tribe had a group from each of the three regions (urban, costal, inland) to break up aristocratic power after the Pistraid Tyranny.
Who was Cleisthenes?
The Spartan general whose mistreatment of the allies in the aftermath of the war allowed Athens' rise.
Who was Pausanias?
The underlying/structural/true cause Thucydides gives for the war.
What was "the growth of the power of Athens and the fear this invoked in Sparta"?
This text outlines the foundations of the Athenian form of governance and the influence of some historical figures.
What is the "Constitution of Athens" by Aristotle?
This pair of lovers killed Hipparchus, brother of Hippias and were seen as the metaphorical founders of Athenian freedom.
Who were Harmodius and Aristogeiton?
The smallest and most fundamental unit of Athenian civic life, administration, and military service based on location or village. It was made more crucial by the Clesthenic reforms.
What was a deme?
The tyrant who led the Ionian Revolt and asked King Cleomenes I of Sparta for help but was rebuffed. He did successfully receive Athenian aid.
Who was Aristagoras of Miletus?
What was...?
1) the Megarian Decree
2) Corcyran/Corinthian battle over Epidamnus that led to a Corcyran/Athenian alliance
3) Athenian sacking of Potideaea
4) Thebean attack on Platea
This text summarizes important arguments against Athenian democracy including the rule of the mob (rather than the rule of the educated elite), the mistreatment of allies, and bad foreign policy.
What is the Constitution of the Athenians by pseudo-Xenophon?
This form of marriage was the only way to produce legitimate Athenian children who could be citizens and allowed divorce.
What is marriage by enguê/betrothal?
What is Isonomia and Isegoria?
Isonomia = Equality before the law
Isegorai = The right to speak in the assembly
Foundational principles of Athenian democracy
Cimon's father and the general responsible for the victory at Marathon. He was later fined fifty talents because of a failed naval expedition.
Who was Miltiades?
These three city-states or regions revolted against Athens in 447 and severely weakened her power. Each controlled either a crucial barrier against the Spartans, critical territory, or trade access.
Half points will be given for getting 2/3 correct.
What are Megara, Boeotia (or Thebes), and Euboea?
This text details how Periclean allies were brought to trial and questions some of Pericles' leadership decisions.
What is "the Life of Pericles" by Plutarch?