Hieu 101 Vocab Test 3

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The Cult of Dionysus

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Time: The Greek Theater
-guy into sex, drinking. Release of emotions

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Maenads

Back 2

Time: The Greek Theater
-women that ran around town screaming.

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Ecstasies

Back 3

Time: The Greek Theater
-the craziness

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Dithyramb

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Time: The Greek Theater
-performance by saders (1/2 men, ½ goat) to honor Dionysus. This becomes a ‘tragic’ play later.

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Satyrs

Back 5

Time: The Greek Theater
-½ men, ½ goat

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Arion

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Time: The Greek Theater
-1st to write formal lyrics for the dithyramb, 600BC

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Thespis

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Time: The Greek Theater
-came up with a new idea (protagonist) of dithyramb.
-comes up with the idea of 1 character

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Protagonist

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Time: The Greek Theater
-main character who had conversations with the chorus

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Catharsis

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Time: The Greek Theater
-what the tragedy is trying to achieve, a powerful release of emotions

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Pathos

Back 10

Time: The Greek Theater
- the quality a main character has that causes him to be likeable  more pain for audience when he suffers

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Three Unities (of greek plays)

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Time: The Greek Theater
- All plays have real time, at one place, and character's personality stays the same.

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Aeschylus

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Time: The Greek Theater
-First great tragic writer. Chorus changes from 50 to 12.
-adds antagonist w/chorus, so now 2 people at a time.

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The Oresteia

Back 13

Time: The Greek Theater
-story about Trojan war and Amegammon by Aeschylus.

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The Delian League

Back 14

Time: Classical Period
-(477) started by fortification of Athens.
Aristides credited with formation, centers in on Island of Delos which is a neutral spot, Athenians in charge of $
-all other members contribute.

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The Allied Fleet

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Time: Classical Period
-The Delian League tried to make sure the Persians were not coming back to attack Greek colonies. It attacked Byzantium and there were a lot of treasures, which led to betrayal of a Greek commander, Pausanias.

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Dorcis

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Time: Classical Period
-is the new controller of the allied fleet, sent to kill Pausanias, but he is late and Aristides becomes ruler instead of him

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Symmachoi

Back 17

Time: Classical Period
-allies of the Delian league

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Hellenotaniae

Back 18

Time: Classical Period
-board of the league that is in charge of the treasury

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Cimon

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Time: Classical Period
-son of Miltiades, he becomes the new leader of the fleet, opposed to Themistocles, helps get him ostracized, falls in 464 helot revolt and is ostracized

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Admetus

Back 20

Time: Classical Period
-king of Molessians where Themistocles last goes and kicked out

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Pericles

Back 21

Time: Classical Period
-one of the greatest Greeks. He settles the helots by Corinth and Megara. He also created the Delian League which turned into an Athenian Empire

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Battle of Oenophyta

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Time: Classical Period
-Athens defeats Boeotia so the Peloponnesian alliance scared

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Megara

Back 23

Time: Classical Period
-strategic city between Corinth + Athens, asks Athens for help so Corinth scared

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Third Messenian War

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Time: Classical Period
-After a terrible earthquake, helots revolted. Cimon helps, but Spartans did not like. So Cimon was ostracized, and Ephilates tried to make the city very liberal

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Artaxerxes

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Time: Classical Period
-new king of Persia. He helped Themistocles

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Inarus

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Time: Classical Period
-An Egyptian who revolted against Persia.

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Siege of Citium

Back 27

Time: Classical Period
-: (450) on island of Cyprus, leads to truce with Persia who was controlling the island  Persians keep Cyprus + Egypt but no more attack.

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Pleistoanax

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Time: Classical Period
-Spartan king. Agreed with Pericles for thirty years of truce, but only lasted for 14 years.]

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Cleruchies

Back 29

Time: Classical Period
-new type of colony, give land to Athenian men but is not independent, still Athenian territory +Athenian citizens

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Thurri and Amphipolis

Back 30

Time: Classical Period
-part of cleruchies

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Phidias

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He had not use all the gold for the statue, and Pericles was also involved in it. And he ended up dying in trial. Pericles was acquitted.]

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Rebellion of Samos

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Samos were free allies, fed up with transfer of treasury so in 440 the revolt  Pericles defeats them and forced them to destroy all of their fortifications and give hostages and pay

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Parmenides of Elea

Back 33

Time: Philosophers 5th Century
-founder of Monism, believes there is only one reality, that can be found only through reason

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Monism

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Time: Philosophers 5th Century
-all together, all part of one organic whole. Idea of Elea

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To Eon

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Time: Philosophers 5th Century
- refers to reality. So, there is only one reality, not many realities

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Ho Nous

Back 36

Time:Philosophers 5th Century
-reason + mind, only way to find truth

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Zeno of Elea

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Time:Philosophers 5th Century
-Loves paradoxes. Against the idea that you can infinitely divide time.

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Empedocles of Ekragas

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Time:Philosophers 5th Century
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four elements make up different matter. You cannot create something out of nothing.

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Anaxagoras of Klazomene

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Time:Philosophers 5th Century
-He predicted a meteorite falling. He said “everything is in everything.” Earth, wind, fire, and water cannot be found pure. “intelligent control of nature.”

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Lecippus and Democritus

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Time:Philosophers 5th Century
-Idea of Atom, not divisible, perfect sphere that cant be destroyed nor created, smallest universal element, no 4 elements.
-Democritus was the extremist, believed everything was made out of atoms.

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The Sophists

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Who: Athenian Philosopher
-Teachers who were paid to teach young man how to persuade and debate. Interested in human bevahior and ethics. Nomos vs. Physis

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Nomos

Back 42

-law, how things are done.
-all right vs. wrong decided by society/culture

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Physis

Back 43

natural, in nature good vs. bad

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Epicleros

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woman who’s father dies and has no brothers. Inherits all but cannot be single so forced to marry closest relative to father  Athenians saw is as form of protection for the woman, because she cannot do anything with the land legally

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Agora

Back 45

marketplace in the city, where the guys hung out

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Gymnasia

Back 46

?: Classical Period, Athens
-the gym where the men work out naked + oiled  wrestling, boxing, etc

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Metics

Back 47

?: Classical Period, Athens
- free non-citizens, usually moved in from other cities,
had low paying jobs, can gain citizenship, cannot own real estate, discourage to marry them if citizen

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Hetairai

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?: Classical Period, Athens
-high class prostitutes, very beautiful so in high demand and charge more, usually in symposium, hoped to meet rich man to take them in, they were free, could be outside of house unlike normal women, a lot were metics

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Sophocles

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Greatest Greek playwriter. Wrote over 180+ plays. Loved to use irony. He allowed 3 actors at one time, instead of 2. He used a lot of props and scenery.]

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The Oedipus Trilogy

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?: Classical Period, Athens
-guy had sex with his mom and killed his dad but doesn’t find out until the end
-Is knowledge always important? Sophocle's point

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Euripides

Back 51

? = Classical Period, Athens
-writes plays were tragic hero wasn’t expected  slaves or women as main characters, anti-war, Trojan Woman play, uses dues ex machina, realistic

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Electra

Back 52

? = Classical Period, Athens
- Sophocle's work.
-Irony. Agamemnon’s son hunts his mother’s lover. He is happy he is dead but its actually lover.]

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Deus ex machina

Back 53

? = Classical Period, Athens
-all knowing character explains everything in prologue and epilogue

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Aristophanes

Back 54

? = Classical Period, Athens
-from the old-comedy period, making fun of real known people, using dirty jokes and insults