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38 Cards in this Set
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The face taht launched 1000 ships
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War based on kidnapping of Greek woman. Meaning: The person who set off all the trouble.
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Aristotle
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3rd great philosopher of ancient Greece. Believed in the Middle class-they knew how to obey and knew how to rule
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Plato
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Author of "The Republic", non sophist, philosopher who disliked teh Athenian democracy. Did not trust the lower classes.
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Pythagoras
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Mathematician who wrote the pythagorean theorem
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Euclid
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wrote "The Elements of Geometry"
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Hippocrates
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physician who believed in natural causes of diseases and emphasized hygiene.
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Socrates
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Teacher who developed the Socratic Method, later killed for "corrupting the youth". Believer in Absolute Truth.
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Archimedes
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invented the compound pulley, cylinder screw, and concept of buoyancy
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Phidias
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In charge of Parthenon's sculptures. Carved "Athena".
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Thucydides
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2nd great historian of ancient Greece. Wrote about the Peloponnesian War, rejected the idea that deities played a part in history
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Herodotus
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Writer of "Historia", believed in supernatural causes of events. Wrote about the Persian War.
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Homer
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wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey during and after Trojan War- 700s BC
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Sophocles
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A tragedian playwrite who wrote Oedipus Rex.
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Aeschylus
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the first of the great writers of tragedies in the 400s BC. Wrote 90 plays.
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Solon
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leader of Athens in 594 BC. Improved economic conditions.
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Philip II
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king of Macedonia who died just before the Persian War. Conquered Greek city-states.
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Alexander the Great- HERO
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Allowed people to continue with beliefs, spread Hellenistic culture, showed some amounts of courage, had excellent miliatry skill and education.
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Alexander the Great- VILLAIN
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Sold people into slavery, destroyed Persian culture, killed the innocent, tyrant.
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Beware of Greeks bearing gifts
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stems from "Trojan Horse" strategy. Meaning: Beware of enemies being too nice to you.
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He's so full of himself
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Narcissus story. Meaning: he only talks about himself.
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Caught between a rock and a hard place
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Meaning: a situation where you can't win
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If looks could kill
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Medusa-turned people to stone with evil looks.
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Opened up a Pandora's box
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started a big problem
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Achilles' heel
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weakness-Achilles had a weak heel
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Herculean effort
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too much ambition- in over your head
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Two Aegean civilizations taht preceded the Greeks
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Minoans and Mycenaeans
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Reason why the Greek city-states won the Persian War
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They united against the Persians
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agora
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public square in a Greek polis
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acropolis
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fortified hill
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Spartan society
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revolved around the army and was very proud. Every person was expected to be strong, and if babies were seen to be weak they would be left to die.
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Spartan women
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Healthy, strong, athletic, free, had more rights than most Greek women but still could not partake in government
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Athen's Golden Age
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461-429 BC
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The reason lotteries were used:
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to help determine government leaders. It was helpful because it gave more peopple an opportunity to rule.
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Evolution of government in Athens
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Monarchy>oligarchy>tyrannies>democracy
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Historia was about this
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The Persian Wars
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Hellenistic culture
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Greek ideas spread by Alexander the Great
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Earliest Greek plays were:
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tragedies
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Cause and effect of the Peloponnesian War
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Cause: Rivalry between Sparta and Athens; Sparta gives an ultimatum but Athens refuses
Effect: Greek city-states weakened; Sparta wins but is taken over later by Thebes |
