FINAL EXAM PT 2 Flashcards
(32 cards)
name of the book detailing the March of the 10,000
anabasis
Plato’s open air school at Athens
The Academy
King of Persia, defeated by Alexander, the great
Darius I I I
Persian general who attempted seizure of his brother’s throne
Cyrus
The philosopher who drank Hemlock carefully and was considered the ugliest man increase
Socrates
student of Socrates, who led the 10,000 out of persia
Xenophone
The name of Alexander’s horse
Bucephalus
Alexander’s General, whose family became the pharaohs of Egypt
ptolemy
famous Greek philosopher, called the man of wisdom
Aristotle
he was a cynic who ridiculed the Follies of man
Diogenes
The part of breeze that is shaped like a
peloponnesus
Restore the glory of Sparta 600 years after lycurgus
Cleomenes III
The Roman sack and burns the Greek city
Corinth
The name of the temple of Athena on the Acropolis
parthenon
Alexander destroyed the city, pulling almost every building down
thebes
The Acropolis was in this city
Athens
Narrow channel of water separating Europe from Asia
hellespont
King of Epirus who wanted to be as great as Alexander
pyrrhus
The southern part of Italy was called this
magna graecia
The sculptor who put a likeness of himself on the shield of Athena
phidias
Greek translation of the Bible, translated by 70 scholars and 70 days
Septuagint
The citadel of Athens
Acropolis
The country that invented the alphabet and contained a great city of commerce
phoenicia
The sacred tree that grew on the Acropolis
olive tree