The Greeks Study Guide Flashcards
Public square
Agora
Greek festival held in honor of Zeus
Olympics
Name given to the Greek religion
Mythology
The adventures of the Greek hero Odysseus
Odyssey
The story of the Trojan War
Illiad
Center of Greek classical learning and home to the ancient world’s largest library
Alexandria
A culture that is a blend of the Persian and the Greek
Hellenistic
Oath taken by physicians to “preserve life”
Hippocrates Oath
The Father of Medicine
Hippocrates
“Knowers of wisdom”
Sophists
“Seekers of wisdom”
Philosophers
The searching of wisdom
Philosophy
Outdoor theatre
Amphitheater
A live theatrical performance
Drama
A form of Greek art that emphasized how something should look not how it did look
Idealism
The name given to the Greek artistic style
Classical
War between the Athens and Sparta
Peloponnesian War
The wars between the Greeks and the Persians
Persian Wars
An alliance of Greek city-states created to protect themselves from Persia
Delian League
Temple built in Athens to honor the goddess Athena
The Parthenon
After this battle, the Persians never invaded Greece again
Plataea
Naval battle in which the Athenian navy defeated the larger Persian fleet
Salamis
In this first major battle of the second Persian War, Spartan king Leonidas was defeated by the Persians
Thermopylae
The name for a Greek city-state
Polis
The priestess who spoke in behalf of Apollo who predicted the future
Oracle
Greek fighting formation that helped defeat the Persian army outside Athens
Phalanx
Greek citizen soldiers
Hoplites
An Olympic long distance race is named after this battle in which the Athenians defeated the Persians
Marathon
Persian king who overthrew the Ionian Greeks
Cyrus
Greek city-states that rebelled against the Persians
Ionians
Greek city-state that emerged as the most powerful one in Greece after the Persian Wars
Athen
This Greek city-state refused to help Athens during the first Persian war
Sparta
The largest empire of the period
Persia
King of Persia. Declared war on Athens and started the Persian Wars
Darius
King of Persia who fought against King Leonidas and the 300 during the second Persian war
Xerxes
Greek runner who yelled “Rejoice, we conquer!” Then, he died
Pheidippides
Spartan King who along with 300 warriors held off the mighty Persian army for three days
Leonidas
Greek Athenian general who defeated the mighty Persian navy at the Battle of Salamis
Themistocles
Athenian ruler during the Golden Age of Athens
Pericles
Greek dramas were held in honor of this goddess
Dionysus
The father of history
Herodotus
Father of Alexander the Great
Philip
He was able to unit the Greeks and defeat the Persian empire
Alexander the Great
A blind Greek Brad/poet who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey
Homer
A famous Greek Demi-god
Achilles
Head of the Greek Titan gods
Cronus
Head of the Olympian gods
Zeus
Name two types of Greek drama:
Tragedy & comedy
Name the accomplishments of Alexander the Great:
- ) United the Greeks
- ) Conquered the Persians
- ) Introduced the idea of absolute monarch
- ) Created a new culture
Name the six legacies of the Greeks:
- ) Democracy
- ) Architecture
- ) Language
- ) Drama
- ) Philosophy
- ) Science & Medicine
Name the three most famous Greek philosophers:
- ) Socrates
- ) Plato
- ) Aristotle
What happened to the Greek empire after the death of Alexander?
The empire was split up into three parts.
Half human and half god
Demi-god
Name and describe the five forms of government the Greeks used:
- ) Monarchy: a government ruled by a king.
- ) Aristocracy: a government ruled by a small group of landowners.
- ) Oligarchy: a government ruled by a few people.
- ) Tyrant: a government ruled by a single person who seized power with the approval of common people.
- ) Democracy: a government ruled by the the people.
