Greeks
Background
Plot
Characters
Romans
100
ritual and myth (literature)
What are our major sources of knowledge about Greek religion?
100
Many English words and word parts that we commonly use today came to us from Greek and Latin.
Why are the Greeks and Romans so important to the English language?
100
a. Retreat to the safety of the walls b. Negotiate with Achilles c. Stand and do battle
What is the three options must hector choose between as he ponders his difficult decision? what do you learn about hector through his self-questioning?
100
Andromache
Who is the faithful wife of hector
100
The romans set up a republican government, that is the government in which voters elect representative to make political decisions and Leaders chosen by the people, looked as a model for our constitutional government
What type of government did the Romans establish? Why is this type of government important to us today?
200
a script based on a system borrowed from the Phoenicians-the alphabet, named for its two initial letters alpha and beta
What type of script did the Greeks develop?
200
Sparta had an extremely militaristic and conservative culture, where boys were taken from their homes at 12 to undergo years of rigorous physical training. Frail infants were left on mountaintops to die.
Why was Sparta considered powerful?
200
Priam states that Achilles is merciless and is a greater warrior than hector
What reasons does Priam give in his attempt to convince hector not to comfort Achilles?
200
Menelaus
who is the king of sparta; husband of Helena
200
The city of rome was less dramatic, the city iof rome began in the year 753 as an agricultural settlements on the east bank of the river tiber in the fertile region known as Latium
In reality, why was Rome founded?
300
It did not tell of the heroic deeds of warriors and gods. Instead, lyric poetry was brief, intensely personal, emotional and down-to-earth. For the first time in human history, poets told us their names and sang of their loves, their hates, their triumphs and failures.
How can you describe the poetry of the Lyric Age of the Greeks?
300
Increasing resentment toward Athenian expansion led to clashes and then to full-scale war between Athens and its chief rival Sparta. Sparta was victorious
What caused the Peloponnesian War? Who won the war?
300
a. The dogs will eat his body
What does Hectors mother predict will happen if hector fights Achilles?
300
Zeus
who is the father god, the most powerful of all gods, he remains more or less neutral throughout the conflict
300
Adopted to greek gods, but few romans devoted to them.
What did the Roman religion involve?
400
His kingdom the kingdom of Macedon, emerged as the most powerful state in the Greek-speaking world
What part did Alexander the Great play in the Greek-speaking world?
400
He wanted to build Athen’s most famous temple, the Parthenon, which is dedicated to the city’s patron goddess, Athena.
What did Pericles want built? To whom is this structure dedicated?
400
He sends a plague
How does Apollo respond after he s angered by Agamemnon’s actions
400
Aphrodite
Who is the goddess of love, she sides with the trojans during the war
400
A.D 476 rome was overrun by german barbarians led by odoacer
What is the date given for the fall of Rome and why is this date given?
500
Alexander the Great
Who preserved and spread Greek knowledge in the West?
500
the Iliad and the Odyssey
What are two of the earliest surviving works of Greek poetry?
500
He wants another soldiers woman
What does Agamemnon demand in return for his agreement to send Chryseis to her father?
500
Hector
who is the son of king priam and Queen hecuba, commader of the Torjan forces
500
Julius Caeser,he was stabbed to death by a conspiracy of senators
Who was one of the most successful Roman army commanders? What happened to him during his reign?
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