Ancient Greece Final

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Ephebe

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"Youth"

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Ephors

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"Overseer"

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Gerousia

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The "Council of Elders". Consisted of two kings plus 28 men over age sixty serving for life.

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Helot

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Conquered people in greece forced by their conquerors to work as slaves.

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Homoioi

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"Peers" or "Men of Equal Status"

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Kleros

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An allotment of farmland to support a family. Passed down the male line. Full citizenship was tied to to the possession of land.

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Krypteia

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"Secret Police" designed to control the helots.

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Lacedaemon

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Sparta is also referred to as "Lacedaemon"

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Laconia

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Sparta's surrounding territory.

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Lycurgus

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A shadowy figure who may or may not have lived.

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Messenia

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Contained Fertile land and was invaded by Sparta which historians call the first Messenian War.

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Peloponnesian League

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"Sparta and its Allies" included all states in the Peloponneus except Argos and Achaea

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Perioikoi

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"Those who dwell around Sparta"; "Neighbors".

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Plutarch

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An Author wrote the "Life of Lycurgus"

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Syssition

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"Dining Group"; "Mess". Essential Stage of Adulthood.

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Xenophon

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Writer

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Alcmaeonids

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Drove Hippias the tyrant into exile.

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Cleisthenes

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Leader of the Alcmaeonid family

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Cylon

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Olympic Victor Who took advantage of his marriage to seize the Acropolis and attempt to become the tyrant of Athens only to fail.

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Cyrus II

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Governed Persia (559-530 BC). Made Media the first province of the Persian Empire.

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Darius I

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(522-486BC) Founder of the dynasty that ruled the empire.

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Draco

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Lawmaker

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Gelon

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Tyrant of Syracuse

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Harmodius and Aristogiton

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Plotted to assasinate the tyrants at the procession.

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Hektemoroi

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"Sixth Parters", Poor Farmers who had to hand over a sixth of their produce to repay their debt.

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Hippias and Hipparchus

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Some believe that Hippias ruled alone but also there are sime who believe Hipparchus was Co-Tyrant

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Miltiades

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A member of the Philiad Clan and a potential rival to rule the Dolonci.

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Ostracism

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A procedure thought to have been intended to prevent the emergence of a new tyrant.

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Pentakosiomedimnoi

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"500 Measure-Men" Consisted of those whose estates produced at least 500 bushels of produce.

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Pisistratus

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Tyrant of Attica. Tricked the assembly to give him a bodyguard and then took over the Acropolis and the govenrment.

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Salamis

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an Island where the Athenians waited out the war.

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Satrapies

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"Provinces"

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Solon

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Special Legislator

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Themistocles

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A Rising politician Who had just been elected Archon who convinced the Athenians to turn their harbors into a fortified Naval and Commercial Base.

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Thermopylae

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Location where the Hellenic league decided to make a stand.

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Trireme

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Light, Fast, Maneuverable warships with three banks of oars. Used for defense against the Persians.

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Xerxes

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Darius' Son and Successor

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Aeschylus

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A Tragedian born in Athens

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Cimon

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Miltiades' Son who led the Delian Leagues fight against the Persians.

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Citizenship law of 451

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Insisted that people marry citizens of their own state and it eliminated a connectedness to other city states around them, often leading to war.

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Cleruchy

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An island used for enslaving pirates and their families.

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Delian League

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main goal was to contain Persia and the gathering of Booty as compensation for damages done to Greece during the war and simple revenge.

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Epikleros

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Someone attached to the estate. Usually was the daughter if family did not have a son or son died.

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"First" Peloponesian War

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A period from 460-445 BC. An undeclared War between the Athenian and Spartan Leagues that consisted of a series of battles often punctuated by long intervals of peace.

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Metics

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Prostitutes either ex-slaves or freeborn and gravitated to Athens because it was a commercial center.

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Pausanias

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Greek Commander and also the nephew of Leonidas who carried and conducted himself like a persian.

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Pericles

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The Most Prominent Politician in Athens. Fought from roughly 461-429

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Pindar

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Ancient Greek Poet

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Reform of Ephialtes

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Introduced the beginning of Democracy

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Temple of Zeus at Olympia

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Brought about the opportunity for storytelling and was completed between 470-456

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Thirty Years Peace

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Did not last even half as long as 30 years.

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Thucydides

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Historian

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Aegospotami

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A channel

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Alcibiades

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Athenian Aristocrat

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Aristophanes

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Comic Dramatist

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Battle of Arginusae

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20,000 Greeks lost their lives.

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Cleon

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One of the most popular new politicians. A brash and outspoken tannery owner.

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Council of Four Hundred

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Athenians were so shaken up by the war they put the safety of the state in their hands

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Egesta

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Sicilian City

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Lysander

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Ambitious chief admiral of the Spartan Navy

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Melos

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An island that the Athenians tried to make join the Delian league

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Mytilene

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This large city Lead the revolt against the Athenian Empire on the island of Lesbos

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Nicias

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A respected Strategos. Impressed many with expensive religious festivals

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Pylos

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City in the Western Peloponnesus

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Sphacteria

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Narrow Island

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Syracuse

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City of Sicily

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Tissaphernes

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Persian Satrap