The Golden Age of Athens
What was the name of the great ruler who would lead Athens into the Golden Age?
Who is Pericles?
What is the basic definition of philosophy?
What is the study and question of the meaning of life, knowledge, and reason?
What had started this war in the first place?
What is Spartan suspicion and or worry that Athens was getting too powerful?
What was the strategos in Ancient Greece?
What is the the general of the Athenian army?
What was the name of the first and most influential Greek philosopher?
Socrates.
What tactic did the Spartans use against the Athenians?
What is siege warfare?
What was the Parthenon?
What is a temple on top of the Acropolis? It was dedicated to the goddess Athena.
What was the name of the school of philosophy opened up by Plato?
What is the Academy?
What caused the deaths of Pericles and many Athenians?
What is a plague outbreak?
What was the event called where Athenian citizens would go to socialize, drink, snack, and talk philosophy?
What is the Symposium?
What was the fate of Socrates?
What is he was arrested for his conduct in Athens, and was forced to drink hemlock?
How did the Spartans ultimately end up winning the war?
What is aid that they received from the Persians?
What were some of the various accomplishments that Pericles became known for?
What is rebuilding Athens from the destruction of the Greco-Persian Wars, establishing a reformed democracy, and having members of a jury be paid?
Why did philosophers like Socrates and Aristotle fear about democracy?
What is they feared the uneducated voter electing people in positions they were not qualified for?
Mr. Butner described in class his theory on why Sparta and Athens were both losers of the war. Why would he say this?
What is the fact that the Spartans lost many men during the war and would not be the same superpower they were before the war began.