Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
51 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
Persian King
|
Cyrus II
|
|
|
how persians ruled
|
tolerently
|
|
|
Ionian reaction to persian rule
|
disliked - used to democracy, revolted
|
|
|
defeated Ionian revolt
|
Darius I - Cyrus' son
|
|
|
reason for Persian war
|
punish greeks for helping ionian revolt
|
|
|
1st attack in Persian war
|
tried - N coast of Aegean - storm destroyed ships
|
|
|
coastal plain N of athens
|
Marathon
|
|
|
how athenians won marathon
|
hoplite infantry
|
|
|
Darius' son
|
Xerxes - continued war
|
|
|
"wooden wall"
|
Oracle of Delphi said greeks would be safe - Themistocles thought wall of ships
|
|
|
Athenian Gen. fought battle of Salamis
|
Themistocles
|
|
|
mountain pass N of athens
|
thermopylae
|
|
|
King of sparta - made stand @ Thermopylae
|
Leonidas
|
|
|
How greeks defeated @ thermopylae
|
greek traitor showed path to attack from behind
|
|
|
where is Salamis
|
narrow straight between Athens & Island of Salamis
|
|
|
athenian buildings
|
homes - simple
public - lavish |
|
|
athenian homes
|
dinning room, well room (spinning & weaving), around courtyard
|
|
|
athenian slaves
|
mostly foreigners, 1/3 of pop., did most of work
|
|
|
athenian woman's day
|
cook, spin, weave, poor - food sellers
|
|
|
upper class men drinking session after banquet & discuss stuff
|
symposium
|
|
|
athenian man's day
|
morning - work
afternoon - assembly of gymnasium |
|
|
athenian women
|
many literate, participated in festivals
|
|
|
Aspacia
|
smart & charming woman, tried to get more edu. & freedom, prosecuted & charged w/ impiety (aquitted)
|
|
|
impiety
|
disloyalty to gods
|
|
|
Delian league name
|
tresury on island of delos
|
|
|
downfall of delian league
|
Pericles:
athens dominated others, used tresury for parthenon, trials only in athens, others had to use coins, supported others' rebelions |
|
|
Peloponestion war
|
sparta - no navy
deal w/ persians - ionia for gold plague -1/3 + pericles died lost allies later surrendered |
|
|
effects of Pel. war
|
weak, lost faith in democracy, sparta tried to rule
|
|
|
Thebes alliance
|
overthrew sparta, poor rulars
|
|
|
classical style
|
simplicity, balance
|
|
|
parthenon
|
athena, acropolos, optical elusion
|
|
|
"golden mean"
|
nothing in excess
|
|
|
murals
|
none left, know from descriptions
|
|
|
1st plays
|
tragities
|
|
|
1st graeat tragity writter
orestia |
Aeschylus
|
|
|
human suffering part of life Oedipus Rex
|
Sophocles
|
|
|
hated war
the trojan women |
Euripides
|
|
|
comedy, social satire
|
aristophanes
|
|
|
olympic events
|
running, chariots, discus, wrestling, broad jump, pentathalon
|
|
|
women's olympics
|
honor of hera, other palce
|
|
|
reason called marathon
|
news to athens, "Nike!", died
|
|
|
3 goals of pericles
|
athens most beautiful, strengthen democracy, powerful empire
|
|
|
Thomas Bruce
|
"elgin marbles" from parthenon to brit. museum
|
|
|
discus thrower
|
Myron
|
|
|
statue of athean in pathenon
|
Phidias, armor, precios metals, nike in hand
|
|
|
the doryphorbus
|
policlytus, math create perfect human form
|
|
|
slightly of background
|
low relief
|
|
|
farther off background
|
high reliefb
|
|
|
Helenistic style
|
emotion, realism
|
|
|
pottery
|
red & black, trade, scenes of myth & daily life
|
|
|
tragety
|
family dynamics, trajic flaw in hero
|
