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Festival of Dionysus
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it was 3 days long and each day there were 3 plays at the end of each day they voted for the best, winner got a crown of ivy
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Minotaur
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half human and half bull, protected by Minos
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Poseidon
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brother of Zeus god of the sea very important to the Greeks since they were sea faring people
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Democritus
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philosopher, belived that moving atoms composed all matter
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rhetoric
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study of debate,public speaking, and oratory
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Heinrich Schliemann
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unearthed ruins in ASia Minor (Troy), found ruins in Mycenae too
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tyrants
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leaders who could fufill the wishesand promises of nobles
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Aristophanes
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greates writer of comedies, diliked wars
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Aeschylus/Sophocles/ Euripides
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1- religios beliefs concerning relationships between gods and people, 2- defended tratditional value
3 realist |
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Aphrodite
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another daughter of Zeus goddess of love and beauty
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Pythagoras
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had a famous therom
the square of a hypotenuse of a triangle is equal to the sum of the square of the other two sides |
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citizen
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you became one at the age of 19, there was a public ceremony, if you were rich you became a soilder if you werent you and worked in the fleet
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"barbarians"
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people who did not speak greek
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Aegean Sea
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at the extreme north east end of the Mediterranean, seperates the Balkan Peninsula from Asia minor
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Peloponnesian War
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was between Athens and Sparta, had cultural rivelry, Athens was progressive, commercial , culturaly advanced\Sparta was more into framing , and were reserved,
A plauge broke out Athen's lost |
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socrates
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history's greates thinkers and teaches
trained sulpto, then became a teacher, wanted peopel to think for themselves and to use logic |
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city-states
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( ie: Athens, Sparta) a fort , refuge, a villiage and city around it
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Olympics
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games to show gods strength and courage which pleased them
held every four years, in honor of Zeus, only men could participate |
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women's roles
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married at 13 to a man twice her age, most died in child birth, most females were aban doned , they had few legal rights and stayed home a lot
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Golden Age of Greece
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The period refering to the peak of cultural activity
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acropolis
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a hill of mountain where the fort stands in a city state
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Hippocrates
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found of medicine
thought that disease came from natrual causes the cures were resh air and proper diet |
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Disunity among Greeks
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Geography- mountains seperate everyone,
proudness and ability to be independent love their city states |
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philosophy
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study of fundamental questions of reality and human exsistance
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Athenian Farming
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honored occupation, cound not hold officed or vote if you farmed, farmed olives, grapes, and figs
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Praxiteles
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100years after Phidias , built large dignified works, had greek admiration for the human body
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404 BC
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Peak of cultural activity in Athens
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know thyself
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Socrates motto, teach love, frendship, duty,patriotism, honor and justice
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Hippocratic Oath
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A pledge to follow the code of medical ethics based on his teachings
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frescoes
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painting on wet plaster
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Knossos
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Discovered by Arthur Evans, palace of Minos (King of Crete)
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Apollo
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God of light Music, and poetry, manly beauty
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philosopher
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lover of wisdom
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Herodotus
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traveler, story teller, " Father of Histoy"
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golden mean
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nothing exvess and everything in proportion
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tragedies
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main character struggles agains a fate
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epics
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long poems describing heros and great events
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Scientific thinking
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process of organization,
gacts in a system comparing 1 fact with another fact |
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Athenian Vase
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caluable items, made by artisans
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agora
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a public meeting place, marketplace
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polis
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city-state
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Hellen/Hellenes/Hellas
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woman who all greeks belived they came from, called themselves Hellenes, their country name was Hellas
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Parthenon
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stood at the top of the Acropolis in honor of Athena finest example of architecture in Greece
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Apollo at Delphi
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most famouos oracle, found in mountain ranges North of the Gulf of Corinth
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Athena
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daughter of Zeus goddes of wisdom, womanly virtue, technical skill- protector of city states like Athens
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Mt. Olympus
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the remote heaven where the Gods lived, the peak is found in Nothern Greece
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Dramas
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play containing action or dialouge and usally involve conflict and emotion
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Dionysys
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god of fertility and wine
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Illiad and Odyssey
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Illiad : describes events in the 10th year of the Trojan War
Odyssey: relates to the many adventures of the mycenaean hero Odysseus |
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Hera
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his sister and wife, protected women and marriage
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Zeus
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God of the sky, king of the gods, father of some humans
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Homeric Age
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The time when the Illiad and Odyssey were written by Homer
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Greek Art
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most we kno from literary descriptions, and roman copies
many vases , and murals |
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sophists
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conducted schools for the boys
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male student
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attende elementary school, grammer, music, gymnastics
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pedagogue
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who boys went to whyen they wer 6 , he was a male slce , and taught the boy manners and such
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seviceable and beutiful
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Greeks wanted everything from their art to their furninture to be seviceable and beutiful
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Death of Socrates
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was put on trial and sentenced to death
died by hemlock |
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Myron
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great sculptor, the Discus thrower
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Comedies
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mocked people and ideas
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goats and sheep
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principal domestic animal , goat milk for cheese, sheep made wool and they ate them
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Stadium
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a big " bowl" events are held in
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Athens
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no military class, sea traders, had 3 social classes
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Sparta
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Dorians moved South and captured it as their capital, had social groups, A Assemble ( council of Elders) who over saw all, goal was to make all men soilders , their education was harsh , had no very little culture or arts
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REPUBLIC
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written by plato, a long dialoughe describing the ideal concept of government
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wild olive branches
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the winner recieved this but were also showered with other gits when they got back to their homes
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Traders
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Many greeks were taders to improve quality of life and improve fortune, had many good harbors, and all mainland touches the sea
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chorus
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group of singers,dancers, who describe the scenes
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popular government
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people could rule and should rule themselves rather than be ruled by others
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Phidias
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great sculptor, 2 statues of Athena and Zeus in the Temple of Zeus
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pericles
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died from the plague during the war
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oracles
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special sancuaries, where people beliced the God/desses spoke through a priest, usually answeres a question about the future
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Greek Religion
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explination for such mysteries of the physical world such as thunder,lightning, seasons
-why people have passsion and loose self control -way to gain such bebefits as long life, good fortune, and abundant harvest |
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Plato
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a young wealthy aristocrat
great student taught philosphy and wrote dialogues |
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1200 BC
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The Illiad and Odyssey decribe the Mycenaeans in this year
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Actors/Masks
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males palyed women and used masks to indicate character and emotions they portrayed
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