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44 Cards in this Set
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Persian War Result
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Was a victory, gods protected gov., powerful city-state,
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Delian League
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alliance w/other city-states,
paid tribute and had a treasury of the money |
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delian league results
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treasury used to rebuild city, allies wanted out, Athenians used force to keep them
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Philosophers
Ethical stuff |
-Used observation and reason, means lovers of wisdom,
-interested in ethics and morality, sophists questioned ideas, used skillful speaking |
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Socrates
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-posed questions and answered with questions
-would find truth in self knowledge, -put on trial- corrupting youth and didn’t respect gods |
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Plato
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Socrates student, taught his own ideas
-three classes: workers, soldiers and philosophers in his new system, -thought some women were better than men |
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Aristotle
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student of Plato, found good and bad examples for all forms of gov.
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Architecture
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sense of balance, harmony: Parthenon- temple dedicated to Athena
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Sculpture and Painting
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style w/natural poses, lifelike- carved gods, goddesses,
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Greek Drama
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came from religious festivals, based on myths and legends
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Childbirth
things for babies what they did to daughters |
-ritual, put pitch on house when labor starts, family delivered babies
-olive branch: boy, cloth girl, smaller families good -didn't want daughters- would expose of them, |
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after the birth
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cleansed people of contact w/labored mother, father announces baby name,
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infancy
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poor: mother cared child, experience nurse/slave cared for children
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school
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seven old: good manners, punished them, day from daybreak to dusk,
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P.E
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twelve and up, ran, jump, wrestling, girls: read and wrote, Spartans- factor for warriors
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Military
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-school until eighteen
-2 years of training, -trained: hold a shield, drills, fight formation, |
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Marriage
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two didn’t meet, under 18 asked fathers permission, had a dowry
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Wedding
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-full moon in January
-sacrificed to gods, Hera (patroness of marriage) -Both had ritual baths -decorate- branches of olive and laurel, -bride offered cake after wedding -sang hymns: evil spirits, |
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Jobs
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-men: civic duties, excercising, socializing
-women: cooked, raised children, poor: worked in stalls at market; attended theatre, |
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Divorce
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easier for men: w/o reason
-divorce barren wife, committed adultery -returned dowry -women only for physical abuse |
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Old Age
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-respect for old people, sons take care of parents
-body laid out, clean garments, took body across river -cremated, libations of wine and oil, purified w/ sea water |
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Work
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-½ and more farmers
-crops: wheat, barley, olives and grapes, -workshops and factories w/ good quality |
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Slaves
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prisoners of war, jobs w/education and ability, could buy freedom
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Market
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stalls, sold their stuff to public, had inspectors to make sure they were honest
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God/desses
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12 main deities, wide variety,
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Religion
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did rituals, cities had one diety,
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lost writings then found
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Became farmers, lost ability to write, traded with Phoenicians and gave their alphabet to them,
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Persian war...
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Persian wars- king Darius, burned Athens, then Athens beat their navy
Delian league- alliance, moved to Athens by Pericles, had power to persuade, |
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Random about voting
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Males could vote
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Ostracism
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wrote on pieces of pottery and voted who would be banished
430 BC- wiped out lots of people |
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Philosophers
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reason and logic, power to persuade,
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Socrates
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encouraged students, to question everything
Didn’t believe in democracy, undermined gods- war: Sparta won, ran for year overthrown by the people, |
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Socrates accused of..
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corrupting youth, didn’t believe gods, though he made gods mad
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(bad) students (of socrates) became...
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His students: drunkard, traitor and sold Athens out, in council of thirty
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Plato and Aristotle
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taught Socrates teachings
both had books didn't like democracy |
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religious festival: Dionysus
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-god of wine
-had satyrs- half man and goat, disciples Disciples sang goat songs (tragedoi) |
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Tragedies
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became plays and competition of tragedies
Feel sorry for protagonist, ordinary person that cant escape fate, predestined (fate made before even born) |
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Aeschylus
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plays about develops of law
wrote the trilogy of Oresteian |
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Tribal law
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killed someone then you would avenge their death ex. Agamemnon was killed by wife and son killed mother
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Family law
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killed blood relative violated law,
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Law of Athens
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son was tried for killing and found innocent,
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Two other tragedy writer
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Eurupides- Medea- fell in love, had kids, hubby left her, killed her sons
Sophocles- Antigone: conflict of religion and law of state, |
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comedy writer:
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Aristophanes- poke fun at live politicians- went to jail many times
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Serious writing
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-Herotudus- Persian wars, was bias;
-another Peloponnesian wars, w/o bias, thought of both sig |
