CLAS 1000: Exam 2
44 Cards in this Set
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Aristos
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The best men
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Agathos
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good man, brave, skillful in war
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Kakos
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bad, cowardly and useless in battle
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Oikos
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house, place to live
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Polis
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city-state, self governing
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Demos
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People
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Pollitai
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Adult males over 30 who own land
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Synoecism
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come together, have different groups in the area and unite around one urban center
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Attica
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Region where Athens is center city and Athens law was spread across
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Archon
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Administrative person
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Basileus
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Religious head
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Polemarch
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In charge of military
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Oligarchy
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rule by a few men
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The Hoplite Revolution
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New weapons, armor, and types of warfare
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Hoplite
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armed foot soldier
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Phalanx
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rows of armed soldiers
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Apotropaic
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to ward off fear or evil spirits
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Tyranos
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Someone who forcefully takes over
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Sanctuaries
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organized place of religion, cluster of buildings, richest, finest, artistic buildings
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Nichoria
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Cheifton's house, a center for religious and administrative activity
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Votives
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A gift that is an offering to the gods, found in massive quantities
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Temenos
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Boundary
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Temples
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Houses of the gods
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Cult statue
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human statue of a god
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Stoa
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A long column-aid to provide shade
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Treasuries
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Designed to hold cult equipment
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Propylon
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Gate to sanctuaries
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helots
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slaves
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Dorian
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Greek dialect Spartans spoke
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Spartan mirage
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an idealized but unrealistic version of Sparta
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Council of Elders
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28 old people + 2 kings. Had to be 60+ and retired military. Served for life. Lawmaking body of the Spartans.
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Ephors
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A small group of 5 magistrates elected annually to share power with the two kings of Sparta
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Peloponnesian Leauge
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League of city-states (with Sparta) to defeat Athenians
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Solon
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`-an aristocrat that served as mediator between classes in Athens
-allowed aristocrats to keeps their lands, but cancelled debt, forbade debt slavery, and liberated those already enslaved for debt
-provided representation for the common classes in athenian government
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Alcmaeonid
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Powerful noble family of Athens. Exiled from city until 594 BC during Solon's rule. Hippocrates was a descendant.
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Archon
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aristocrat
ruler or lord
lost power when Athens became democracy
they were diminished to judges
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Areopagus
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Court in Athens judging Orestes
Apollo defends him and Athena presides, Erinyes claim justice
Athena gives acquittal - a son's duty towards a father outweighs matricide
Ends the curse on the House of Atreus
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Council of 400
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Introduced under the Solon reforms made up of 100 members from each tribe and magistrates who dealt with appeals
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Pisitratus
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famous leader of Athens who first came to power in 561 BC and goverened Athens off and on until his death in 527 BC, most of the stories of Theseus took place under his sponsership
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Hipparchus
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discovered trig
Calculated Moon and Sun distance from solar eclipse
Compiled the first great star catalog
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Aristogeiton
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lover of Harmodius who kills Hipparchus due to his pursuit of Harmodius
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Cleisthenes
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Turns Greece into an empire, reforms Greece into a democracy, brought into power after the ordinary people rebel
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Council of 500
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A system in which 50 men from each of the tribes across Athens came together to create laws and vote upon them
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ROstracism
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Rejection by the group for violation of its norms~~~ stop tyranny
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CLAS 1000: ANCIENT GREEK TIMELINE