Midterm Flashcards

Key terms

1
Q

Menis

A

Anger

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Kleos

A

Glory

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Geras

A

War prize (Chryseis and Briseis)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Stone Age

A

Stone tools and weaponry

?-2000BC

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

Bronze Age

A

Bronze weaponry and tools
kings were social elite
(2000-1000BC)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Iron Age

A

Used Iron Metals for tools and weaponry

1000-1BC

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Dark Age

A
Depopulation
Loss of writing system
Decreased Agriculture
First Olympic Games
Warriors are social elite
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

Archaic Age

A
Social Change
Upward Mobility
Polis (village to urban)
Citadel based cities
Commonly agreed laws
citizenship
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

Minoan Civilization

A

Came before Mycenean
Palace centered
(Knossos, Plaistow, Mallika, Zakros)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

Palace centered civilizations

A
Mycenea
Tiryns 
Athens
Orchomenus
Thebes
Pylos
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

Knossos, Crete

A

Honey comb structures

decorated walls, ceilings and pillars

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

Mycenean Civilization

A

Walls
Warlike society
Wanax
Lions gate

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

Megaron

A

Central Great Hall

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

Wanax

A

King

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

Heinrich Schleimann

A

Found the tomb of Agamemmnon at 1879

also called treasury of Atreus

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

Linear A/Linear B

A

Two writing systems during bronze age.
Linear A: Not deciphered
Linear B: Deciphered

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

Teichoskopia

A

View from the wall

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

Judgment of Paris

A

Paris decides between Hera, Aphrodite, and Athena who wins the apple.
Paris picks Aphrodite and wins Helen.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

Boar’s tusk helmet

A

Worn by the wealthy

worn by Odysseus

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

Arete

A

Excellence

21
Q

Aristos

A

Best people

22
Q

Aristocracy

A

Ruled by the best

23
Q

Aristea

A

Period of excellence in battle

24
Q

Aegis

A

Shoulder Armor

25
Pietas
Loyalty | Archaic Age
26
Xenia
Hospitality | Dark Age
27
Sophrosyne
Self-restraint
28
Dorians
Greek Invaders Helped by Spartan Ancestors Caused Dark Age
29
Athenian Grave 1
Iron Knives Broad swords spear heads
30
Athenian Grave 2
Terra cotta clay chest gold jewelry Egyptian
31
Basileis
Chieftan
32
Shame culture
Overrides Kleos and Arete
33
Hopkins Warrior
Men with Shields and Spears | Archaic Age
34
Phalanx
Formation of Hoplites
35
Polis
Citadel based | Urbanization
36
Asty
city | city center
37
Asclepius
God of Medicine
38
Hippocrates
Father of Greek Medicine
39
Asclepion
Healing Temple
40
Abaton
Where people sleep in the Asclepion
41
Poultice
Plant Material to remove soreness and inflammation
42
Hubris
overreaching ambitions
43
Ethos
Guiding Beliefs | Ideals within a community
44
Barbaroi
Non-Greeks
45
Kosmos
Order
46
Structural Analysis
Relationships between Gods
47
Balkanization
Districts
48
Kalokagathia
Beautiful and the good
49
Megalopsychia
high-mindedness