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History 111B
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01/31/2011

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Amazons
Definition
1. Strong and powerful women.
2. Provided offspring by procreating with men during certain times of the year.
3. Would destroy the women's right breast so that it would not interfere in battle.
4. Known to repel Athenian attacks.
5. Defeated by Theseus.
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Draco
Definition
1. First legislator of Ancient Athens.
2. Replaced oral laws and blood feud with a written code only to be enforced by the courts.
3. These codes were strict and harsh.
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Techne
Definition
1. Skills methodically applied.
2. These jobs were valued.
3. Valuable to Athenian civilization.
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Ionia
Definition
1. Founded by a group of colonists from the other side of the Aegean.
2. In 490, the Ionians revolted against the Persian king, and Athens sent 20 warships to assist them.
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Pisistratos
Definition
1. Tyrant of Athens from 546 to 527 BC.
2. Created the Panathenaic Festival.
3. Was a benevolent man.
4. Ruled like a constitutional monarch.
5. Respected the model that Solon set.
6. Had scholars begin research that would lead to innovations with the Homeric stories.
7. Loved the theater.
8. Made Athens beautiful.
9. His rule was viewed as the Age of Gold.
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Schliemann
Definition
1. A German businessman and archaeologist.
2. Discovered Troy and Mycenae.
3. Sought to prove that the places depicted in The Illiad were real.
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Thespis
Definition
1. Won a prize for his role in a play.
2. Gave birth to drama.
3. Gives the first single performance in Western theater.
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Cleisthenes
Definition
1. Founder of democracy.
2. Introduced idea of sovereign power to the people.
3. United ten tribes into Athens.
4. Created ten month solar calendar.
5. Neutralized special interest groups.
6. Created an assembly for the people.
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Ostracism
Definition
1. The process of exiling those who were thought to be plotting against Athens.
2. In order for a citizen to be ostracized, there must be 6,000 votes in favor of the ostracism.
3. Those who were ostracized often felt honored.
4. Often used for political dissidents.
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Demos
Definition
1. The power of the people.
2. Gives parishes local independence.
3. Turns parishes into self-governing units.
4. Used to prevent dominant political interest in parishes.
5. Applied to Athens.
Term
Theseus
Definition
1. Founder and first king of Athens.
2. Appeared in Attica and united the petty kingdoms into Athens.
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Anaxagoras
Definition
1. Was the first philosopher to bring philosophy from Ionia to Athens.
2. Introduced the concept of Nous (mind.)
3. Teacher of Pericles.
4. Too much thought led to madness.
5. Envisioned universe as a utopia.
Term
Leonidas
Definition
1. King and hero of Sparta.
2. Led the Spartans during the Battle of Thermopylae.
3. Believed to be a descendant of Heracles.
Term
Erechtheid Tribe
Definition
1. A tribe that lost 170 men in various Athenian conflicts.
2. A monument was erected in their honor.
Term
Nemesis
Definition
1. Divine revenge.
2. Was the reason that the Persians lost to the Greeks.
Term
Aristides The Just
Definition
1. An official who resided over the Delian League.
2. He dictated how much each member had to pay.
3. Very fair and just man.
Term
Dicasteries
Definition
1. The court of the Athenians.
2. Ranged from 100 to 1,000 jurors to ensure no bribery would occur.
3. Defendants had to represent themselves.
4. The jurors acted as both judge and jury.
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Liturgies
Definition
1. Service to and from the state.
2. Rich would donate money to the navy, the arts, and the poor.
3. The rich were rewarded with honors.
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Catharsis
Definition
1. Emotional relief that is experienced by an audience while they watch a play.
2. It is also the purging of excess feelings.
Term
Schole
Definition
1. Leisure time for social interaction in the marketplace and for intellectual and artistic activity.
Term
Linear B
Definition
1. Minoan writing system.
2. Used for historical records and business transactions.
3. Discovered by Sir Arthur Evans.
4. Deciphered.
5. Discovered at Knossus.
Term
Barbaroi
Definition
1. Non Greek speaking people.
2. Thought to be uncivilized and uneducated.
Term
Laconia
Definition
1. Mountainous area surrounding Sparta.
Term
Ephors
Definition
1. Elected magistrates of Sparta.
2. Could be citizens.
3. Elected annually.
4. More powerful than the Spartan king.
Term
Apella
Definition
1. Assembly of Sparta.
2. Open to all men over thirty.
3. Legitimate law making assembly.
4. Assembled on the full moon within the boundaries of Sparta.
Term
Gerousia
Definition
1. Assembly of thirty Spartan elders.
2. Had to be sixty years of age.
3. Supreme institution of the Spartan constitution.
4. Two members must be the kings of Sparta.
Term
Peloponnesian League
Definition
1. Confederation of city-states.
2. Dominated by Sparta.
3. Offered protection to it's members.
4. Promoted Oligarchies.
Term
Periokoi
Definition
1. Free people under Spartan rule.
2. Were not citizens.
3. Able to serve in military.
4. Took up jobs as artisans and craftsmen.
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Helots
Definition
1. Slaves of Sparta.
2. Usually captured peoples.
3. Not treated well.
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Elysian Plains
Definition
1. A section of Hades that was inhabited by the souls of the virtuous and heroic.
2. Those who inhabited the Elysian Plains enjoyed an immortality of bliss.
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