Greek Civilization 204

In Herodotus' Histories, the term historis means?

In Aristophanes’ Clouds, the conflict between palaios and kainos is between _______.

A komos is ____________.

A herm is _____________.

In Thucydides’ description of the Peloponnesian War, stasis means __________.

In Plato’s Apology, the term apologia means ______________.

What does the name ‘Pheidippides’ mean? ______________.

What is a sophist? ______________.

What is tokos? _____.

In 5th century Athens, “new” education consisted in training in _______________.

In Aristophanes’ The Clouds, who are the Nephelai? ______________.

What was the Lenaea and what happened then? ______________.

What does the name ‘Lysistrata’ mean? ______________.

Who is Kreitton Logos? ________________.

What does the word hippos mean? ______________.

What does the name ‘Strepsiades’ mean? ______________.

Where does the name “comedy” come from? —————.

What is the pentecontaetia in Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War? ______.

What is a thesaurus?

What kind of term is stephein “to twist”?

Why does the Persian ruler Xerxes decide to make war against the Greeks? ______________.

How many chariot teams did Alcibiades enter in the Olympic games of 415 BCE? ______________.

Who does Herodotus identify as the original ‘cause’ of hostilities between Greece and Persia? ______________.

Where did Cleon and Demosthenes surround and capture hundreds of Spartan hoplites? ______________.

On what side did Alcibiades fight during the Peloponnesian War? ______________.

Why was Thucydides exiled from Athens during the Peloponnesian War? ______________.

Athens says they will help rescue Sicily from Syracuse. What were Athens’ real motives? ______________.

In Aristophanes’ Lysistrata, what was Lysistrata’s plan? ______________.

What does Socrates think his punishment should be? ______________.

According to Herodotus, why were the Persians unable to defeat the Greeks? ______________.

At what battle did both Cleon and Brasidas die? ______________.

Why was Alcibiades brought to trial in Athens in 414 BCE? ______________.

At the battle of Marathon, Darius’ army tried to reinstall _______________ as tyrant of Athens

At the battle of Delium, who did Socrates save? —————.

What were the three complaints Corinth brought to the Peloponnesian League to make war on Athens? ______.

Why did Thucydides think Pericles was such an effective leader? _______.

his ability to “lead” the people, not “be led” by them

With the advice of Alcibiades, Sparta builds a fort at _________ that is extremely effective against Athens.

In Aristophanes’ Clouds, Strepsiades finds Socrates in the “Thinkery” doing what? —————.

Why was Sparta willing to make peace with Athens after the battle at Amphipolis in 421 BCE?

In Plato’s Apology Socrates claims that he can’t have intentionally corrupted the youth because _____.

In Plato’s Apology Socrates claims that he can’t both be an atheist and worship “new” gods because _____.

Socrates accepts his death sentence because he thinks:

Socrates claims that he questions people in the agora because _____.

Socrates explains that he has a daimon that tells him __________.

In Aristophanes’ Clouds Strepsiades is afraid of the moon because _____.

In Aristophanes’ Clouds Strepsiades is in debt because of _____.

In Aristophanes’ Clouds Pheidippides explains that it is morally correct for him to beat his father because ____.

Aristophanes’ Lysistrata can be considered “conservative” because _____.

Socrates was probably put to death because of _____.

What does the contrast of demos vs. domos refer to?

Who is NOT an accuser of Socrates?

What does metoikos mean?

How large was an Athenian jury of the court?

How large was an Athenian jury of the court?

The Spartan war strategy is:

How long did the “30 Year” peace treaty between Athens and Sparta actually last?

How does Socrates prove himself to be the wisest of all men? a

What is a Greek comedic play?

The social reversal seen in Aristophanes’s Lysistrata is: a) Lower class become the elite.

Passage #1 “For our part, we will not make a long speech no one would believe, full of fine moral arguments—that our empire is justified because we defeated the Persians, or that we are coming against you for an injustice you have done to us. And we don’t want you to think you can persuade us by saying that you did not fight on the side of the Lacedaemonians in the war, though you were their colony, or that you have done us no injustice. Instead, let’s work out what we can do on the basis of what both sides truly accept: we both know that decisions about justice are made in human discussions only when both sides are under equal compulsion; but when one side is stronger, it gets as much as it can, and the weak must accept that.” Identify where this passage comes from: ______________.

Who is speaking to whom? ______________.

What is the speaker’s main point in this passage? ______________.

Why does the author of the work include this passage in the text? ______________.

In this text, the speaker believes in the general principle ______.

In this text, the addressee believes he will be saved because _____.

What happens as a result of this speech in the text? ________.

“For their part the Greeks, knowing that their fate was sealed by those who were coming over the mountain, fought with reckless fury, exerting every ounce of strength against the enemy. By this time, most of them had had their spears broken and were hewing down the Persians with their swords. It was at this crisis that Leonidas fell, after showing exceptional courage, and with him many notable Spartans whose names, together with the names of all three hundred, I have taken care to learn, they being men of great worth.” Where does this passage come from? ______.

What is the author describing here? _____.

What happened in this battle that made it so famous? _______.

Why does the author include this episode in his narrative? ____.

By saying that he has taken care to learn “the names of all three hundred,” what is the author doing? _____.

What happened as a result of the events described here? ____.

A modern statue of Leonidas in Sparta bears the inscription molon labe which means _____.

The Greeks chose to fight the Persians in this location because ______.

Passage #5 “But the greatest misery of all was the dejection of mind in those who found themselves beginning to be sick, for as soon as they made up their minds it was hopeless, they gave up and made much less resistance to the disease. Another misery was their dying like sheep, as they became infected by caring for one another; and this brought about the greatest mortality. For if people held back from visiting each other through fear, then they died in neglect, and many houses were emptied because there was no one to provide care. If they did visit each other, they died, and these were mainly the ones who made some pretense to virtue. For these people would have been ashamed to spare themselves, and so they went into their friends’ houses, especially at the end, when even family members, worn out by the lamentations of the dying, were overwhelmed by the greatness of the calamity. ... The present affliction was aggravated by the crowding of country folk into the city, which was especially unpleasant for those who came in. They had no houses, and because they were living in shelters that were stifling in the summer, their mortality was out of control.” What text does this passage come from? _____.

What event is being described in this passage? ____.

The author takes special care describing this event because _____.