Ancient Greece Section 3/4 Review

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  1. 4. Persian ruler that seeked revenge on the Athenian navy and invaded Greece in 490 BCE; lost at Battle of Marathon
  2. 7. (c. 570 - c. 495 BCE) Greek philosopher and mathematician who proved the Pythagorean theorem (geometry); music & numbers as essence of universe
  3. 10. procedure used by Athenian assembly in 400s BCE to banish a citizen for 10 years without revoking their rights; 6,000 votes were needed for banishment
  4. 14. system of government in which people gather at mass meetings to decide on government matters
  5. 16. A mountain in Greece, which is home to many of the gods and goddesses
  6. 18. son of Darius; became Persian king. He vowed revenge on the Athenians. He invaded Greece with 180,000 troops in 480 B.C.
  7. 19. the western Asian peninsula comprising most of modern-day Turkey; Ionian Greeks lived on western coast and failed in their rebellion against the Persian Empire in the mid 500s BCE
  8. 20. Greek traveling teachers of philosophy, reasoning, and public speaking & argument
  9. 22. Method a method of teaching by question and answer; used by Socrates to elicit truths from his students
  10. 23. Athenian statesman whose leadership contributed to Athen's political and cultural supremacy in Greece (461 - 429 BCE); died in plague
  11. 25. a period of classical Athenian and Greek history in which Athens reached its highest power & cultural achievements in literature, art, and architecture (461 - 429 BCE); named after Greek politician
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  1. 1. another name for ceremonies or rites
  2. 2. the headquarters of the Delian League; Greek island sacred to Apollo
  3. 3. the first Greek dramas; presented in a trilogy; serious drama about common themes such as love, hate, war or betrayal
  4. 5. Athenian philosopher (ca. 470-399 BCE) who shifted the emphasis of philosophical investigation from questions of natural science to ethics and human behavior;
  5. 6. (c. 460 - c. 400 BCE) Greek historian of the Peloponnesian War; reason, accuracy, human agency; considered the greatest historian of the ancient world
  6. 8. an ancient Greek city in Boeotia; competed with Sparta & Athens for supremacy of Greece after the Peloponnesian War; destroyed by Alexander the Great in 336 BC
  7. 9. (c. 525/524 - c. 456/455 BCE) writer of tragedies; wrote Oresteia (only complete trilogy; about Agamemnon's return from Trojan War)
  8. 11. Athenian philosopher (429 BC-347 BCE) who studied under Socrates and questioned reality. He believed that studying ideas and forms held the truth to what is real and wrote the Republic
  9. 12. An ancient city in central Greece; site of an oracle of Apollo
  10. 13. (c. 497/6 - winter 406/5 BCE) Greek writer of tragedies; author of Oedipus Rex
  11. 14. League Pact joined in by Athenians and other Greeks to continue the war with Persia; changed into Athenian Empire
  12. 15. (c. 480 - c. 406 BCE) Greek writer of tragedies; more realistic characters, complex plots, real-life situations, questioning traditional values
  13. 17. (c. 484 - c. 425 BCE) the ancient Greek known as the father of history; wrote History of Persian Wars; Greek freedom vs. Persian despotism
  14. 19. Greek philosopher (384-322 BCE); teacher of Alexander the Great; knowledge based on observation of phenomena in material world; scientific method; virtue & moderation; politics
  15. 21. organized system of thought; "love of wisdom"; rational thought about the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence
  16. 24. a sacred shrine where a god or goddess revealed the future through a priest or a priestess