Minor Poets in Ancient Greece

Question 1

What was a polis?

Answer 1

A city state - eg. Athens, Corinth, etc.

Question 2

Physical aspect of a polis

Answer 2

held together by geographical features, had its own government each with its own customs, religion, and practices.

Question 3

Spiritual aspect of a polis

Answer 3

Spread of culture, religion, in the certain polis- VERY strong community with shared heritage, culture, ancestry, etc. This made it an extremely united and tight-knit community where culture and religion developed.

Question 4

Theogony

Answer 4

Narrative of the gods, human nature, and the nature of sin in the world. Hesiod begins the poem by emphasizing the cohesive nature of his world, one in which the human, the divine, and the natural comingle.

Question 5

Wrote about his own feelings

Answer 5

Antilochus

Question 6

No sexual morality

Answer 6

Anacreon

Question 7

Lesbian

Answer 7

Sappho

Question 8

Immortalized herself in her writing

Answer 8

Sappho

Question 9

Wrote about how stupid the anthopormorphic gods were- Christian ideals

Answer 9

Xenophanes

Question 10

Spartan Ideal

Answer 10

Tyrtaeus

Question 11

Wrote about Pandora and the 5 eras of mankind

Answer 11

Hesiod

Question 12

Known for his messy and disorganized writing

Answer 12

Hesiod

Question 13

Wrote about life as a mercenary and was shameless about drinking

Answer 13

Antilochus

Question 14

Wrote about Zeus’ jars

Answer 14

Antilochus

Question 15

Writes about a cowardly solder

Answer 15

Antilochus

Question 16

Pedophile

Answer 16

Anacreon

Question 17

Positive aspects of a polis

Answer 17

Culture was unique and different from other polises. Unique lifestyle, things like literature was interesting and influential. Spread of Hellenistic culture

Question 18

Negative aspects of a polis

Answer 18

Perpetuated the disunity of overall Greece. It ruined the efforts of to secure political and economic cooperation- unstable and vulnerable to being conquered from foreign invasion.

Question 19

Why were the polises formed?

Answer 19

Polises were isolated from each other due to the geography - mountains and rivers etc. made people form their own communities.