FINAL EXAM Flashcards
(30 cards)
aristotles most famous pupil
alexander the great
it was said that this athenians laws were written in blood
draco
the hero of marathon
militiades
rich king of lydia
croesus
he ran a marathon to announce the athenian victory over the persians
pheidippides
the wooden walls of athens
war ships
persian general during the persian wars
mardonius
the great lawgiver of athens that made it a government of all people
solon
the hero of thermopylae
leonidas
he ordered his soldiers to scourge the water with 300 lashes
xerxes
elite spartan military force
spartan three hundred
the port city of athens
piraeus
king of persia who initiated the persian wars
darius I
four mile long walls connecting athens to the sea
long walls
he wrote a history of the persia wars and is called the father of history
herodotus
tyrant of athens who ordered the poems ig homer to be written down
pisistratus
he defeated the persians at salamis but later went to their side
themistocles
spartan general who defeated persians at plataea
pausanias
greek comic playwright
aristophanes
this rival of themistocles was banished because he was just
aristides
the slaves of the spartans
helots
how the greeks dated time
olympic games
greek philosopher who recorded the wisdom of socrates
plato
naval commander during the peloponnesian war, an Athenian fop
alcibiades