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What does the Phrase "Come back with your shield or on it"
It means come back with your shield in victory or your body it dying in battle as their is no surrender
Who is Herodotus
A greek historian who deatailed events in the Persian Wars
Why would the Greeks have a advantage in fighting the Persians if they could fight hand to hand?
Its because they had bronze armer, a bronze shield, and a longer spere
Why didnt Sparta help the Athens
They were in the middle of a religious festival honoring the Gods
Why is it called a civil war
It was one Greek city-state against another Greek city-state
What is Tyranny
Its a government run by someone who takes over by force with the support of people
What is Direct Democracy
Its when all citizens vote and make decisions for the city state
What did Leonidas mean when he said "Breakfast here, supper in Hades."
He meant they would dine together in earth alive but by nightfall they would all be dead and dining in the Underworld together
What is Indirect Democracy
its when we elect someone to make the decisions
Why was Sparta the Elephant
because they had the largest land army
Whats the "Legend of the boy and the fox"
It taught the spartan youth what was expected of them
Whats earth&water
these two things were asked by the Persians as a sign of submission
its a great naval battle
Why were the Greek ships better than the Persian ships at fighting in the channel at Salimas
They were small and could in in tight spaces
Who is Leonidas
The mighty King of Sparta
What is Monarchy
it was ruled by a King it inherited the position from their father
How did the Athenians win
They used a suprise attack in their phalanx formation by changing the Persians that resulted in the Persians being surrounded
What is Democracy
its ruled by the people who make decisions for themselves
What problem occured when Pericles moved all the citizens into the city trying to protect them
The people were so packed together that when a plague hit 1 out of every 4 people died
Whats the Delian League
The purpose was a voluntary alience where all city-states worked together to defend Greece from further invasions, BUT Athens forced city-states to remain in when they wanted to leave, attack trade routes, and steal money
What is Oligarchy
its ruled by a few usually the wealthiest individuals
How did the Persian defeat the Greeks at this mountain pass
a traitor showed them a secerate path around which caught the mighty 300 in between their forces
How did the Oracles message "The wooden walls shall save you" help the Greeks
Themistocles decided it meant to build a fleet of triremes that would act like a wall against the Persian fleet
How does the history written by Herodotus differ from Thucydides
Herodotus who wrote about the Persian Wars often mixed in the roles of the Gods while Thucydides only wrote the facts of each events
1. Why was the Athens a Whale
2. Why didnt Sparta destroy Athens after the war?
1. because they had the largest naval fleet
2. They felt they owed Athens because it was Athens who deafted the Persians at Marathon and their navy that defeated them at Salimas