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Sophists

wandering scholars and professional teachers in ancient Greece who stressed the importance of rhetoric and tended toward skepticism and relativism

Tyrant

in an ancient Greek polis (or an Italian city-state during the Renaissance) a ruler who came to power in an unconstitutional way and ruled without being subject to the law

Socratic method

a form of teaching that uses a question and answer format to enable students to reach conclusions by using their own reasoning.

Polis

people within a greek country who had rights. Had to be a male free and a native

Phalanx

a rectangular formation of tightly massed infantry soldiers.

Mysticism

the immediate experience of oneness with God

Hellenistic

literally "imitating the Greeks" the era after the death of Alexander the Great when Greek culture spread into the Near East and blended with the culture of that region

Assyria

most vicious empires. Assyrians came up with invention called chariot (horse pull) used in war time. They destroyed Israel.

Nebuchadnezzar

Took over after the Assyrians and conquered Judah. Enslaved Jews in babylon and created the Gardens of Babylon

Cyrus

conquered the middle east, was a great warrior, great conquerer. Military conquest was bases of slavery, but Cyrus didn't play that game. Interested in other peoples cultures

Lycurgus

turned Sparta into a military society. He had boys at the age of 5 be taken away from the families for military training. At the age of 20 you were a full soldier.

Greece

Call there country Hellas. Culture-hellenic-meaning greek culture. Didn't have all powerful dictatorship. Very hard to conquer. Had the polis.

Homer

poet going from place to place reciting history of the Greeks. He wrote Iliad and the Odyssey.

Solon

Helped Athenians but had to leave.

Treatment of women

had more power/ equality, but after war women had rights taken away because men couldn't stand being teased

490 B.C

Athens created a new political system called democracy which was ruled by the people. Persians conquered all of Turkey.

Xerxes

Was a king. Athenians thought he was a monster. Was sleeping with his brothers daughter so his wife wanted him to kill the daughter. His wife killed his brothers wife and his brother rebelled so Xerxes killed him too.

Leonidas

Was Spartan king. Led 300 men in the defense of Greece against Xerxes

480 B.C.

Herodotus Salamis and Xerxes. Cult of simplicity

Damaratus

had a dream of Xerxes conquering Greeks and ruling Sparta.

Euripides

Wrote plays, mainly tragedies

Lysistrata

no sex until men quit the war

Democracy

when the people vote on everything

Socrates

showed people they didn't know what they were talking about- very tough. Said to be the ugliest man and trained people to debate.

Thucydides

Athenian general who made people mad and was forced into exile. No gods or goddesses. First social scientist writer.

Parthenon

Most beautiful building built. Put in a place where there was Temple for the goddess

Pericles

great administrator, seen as the greatest man in Athens by Athenians. 438 B.C. built the Parthenon. Let his wife be seen in public.

Darius

Great King of Persia

Iliad

A poem written about the Trojan war.

Odyssey

About Odysseus's 10 year struggle to return home after the Trojan war.

Persian Wars

From 492-449 B.C. Between Greece and Persia and Sparta fought until every man was killed.

Herodotous

Wrote about the Persian Wars

Peloponnesian War

ancient Greek war fought by Athens and its empire against the Peloponnesian league led by Sparta

Aristotle

was a Greek philosopher and scientist. He was a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great


Alexander the Great

King of the Ancient Kingdom of Macedon. Took command of Macedonian army. Came close to conquering the civilized world.

Hellenization

The culture of the Greeks

Plato

Was a philosopher who taught Aristotle. Also a mathematician.