Archaic Age Flashcards

(49 cards)

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Archaic Age

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776-500

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Hesiod

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700
Works and Days- advice- sort of biography
Theogony - about the gods

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3
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Homer

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750-550
Ilyiad
Odyssey

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4
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Epic Poetry

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Hesiod
Homer
Homeric Hymns
Panhellenic dialect
performed rather than read
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5
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Aoidoi

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traveling poet

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6
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Kouroi

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750-650

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Kourous

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young man
left foot forward
nude
arms by side

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Kore

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young girl
shorter than kouros
right hand extended
clothed
brightly painted
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9
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Lyric Poetry

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accompanied by Aulous

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10
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Iambric

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iambric trimeter
dialect depended on poet
normal speech
Archillicus
semonides
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Melic

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Performance
local dialect
educated young people
Sappho
Alcman
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Elegiac

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inspiring
accompanied battle marches
Tyrtaeus
Callinus

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Hoplites

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most heavily armed shock troops
wealthy citizens
self funded

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Phalanx

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Formation hoplites marched in

encouraged cooperation

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15
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Symposium

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Drinking and eating

wealthy men

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16
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Andron

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Mens place

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17
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Krater

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mixing vessel of wine and water before consumption

reflected sacrificial process

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18
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Kylis

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individual drinking vessel

decorated

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19
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Kottabus

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game
lees was swirled then flicked into central vessel
hand eye coordination

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20
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Quality based on…

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ability to speak successfully
dexterity while drunk
exercise self control

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Hetaira

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Seals

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indicated authority

pressed into wax or clay

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Intaglio

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carved into a gemstone

relief was left when pressed into soft material

24
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Black Figure

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600-500
painted figures
men- black
women- white (no sun)
used as trophies for panathenaic games
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Red Figure
500-323 backround and details painted allowed overlap more realistic
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Tyranny
700-500
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Oligarchy
power to the few
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Aristocracy
power to the best
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Polycrates
``` 535-522 Samos built harbor temple for Hera Tunnel for water ```
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Peisistratus
died 527 athens pan athenaic games gave out olive oil and siler/gold to winners
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PanAtheniac Amphora
``` two handles black figure aphrodite on one side depiction of event on one side filled with olive oil ```
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Miletus
resisted Persian and Lydian attacks traded through meditteranean and Agean ionian
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Mythos
explanation via gods
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Logos
explanation via reason
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Thales
625-545 | made of water
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Anaxamander
610 not everything is wet the limitless/the indefinite
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Anaxamenes
547/548 too vague made of Air- condensation and rarefaction
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Ionian revolt
499-494 | help from Athens and Eretria
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Satrap
rules over cities under persian rule collects tax appoints Tyrant
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Aristagoras
starts revolt by stepping down from Mileus tyrant
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Sardas
Capital of persian ruled Lydia | catches fire in Ionian revolt
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first persian attack
492 fails run into barbarians storms near mt Athos
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second persian Attack
490 take over eritria battle on Marathon plains between athens and Persia Athens wins due to organization and superior equiptment
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Xerxes
prepares persia for final attack
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silver streak
483 | funded build up of the navy
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Trireme
warship 3 rows of oarsmen bronze clad ram
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resistance
sparta athens corinth
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end result
Athens and Sparta defeat Persians
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Thermopylae
Spartans hold path for 4 days | 299 death plus kind leonidas