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1. Strong and powerful women.
2. Provided offspring by procreating with men during certain times of the year.
3. Would destroy the women's right breast so that it would not interfere in battle.
4. Known to repel Athenian attacks.
5. Defeated by Theseus. |
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1. First legislator of Ancient Athens.
2. Replaced oral laws and blood feud with a written code only to be enforced by the courts.
3. These codes were strict and harsh. |
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1. Skills methodically applied.
2. These jobs were valued.
3. Valuable to Athenian civilization. |
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1. Founded by a group of colonists from the other side of the Aegean.
2. In 490, the Ionians revolted against the Persian king, and Athens sent 20 warships to assist them. |
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1. Tyrant of Athens from 546 to 527 BC.
2. Created the Panathenaic Festival.
3. Was a benevolent man.
4. Ruled like a constitutional monarch.
5. Respected the model that Solon set.
6. Had scholars begin research that would lead to innovations with the Homeric stories.
7. Loved the theater.
8. Made Athens beautiful.
9. His rule was viewed as the Age of Gold. |
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1. A German businessman and archaeologist.
2. Discovered Troy and Mycenae.
3. Sought to prove that the places depicted in The Illiad were real. |
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1. Won a prize for his role in a play.
2. Gave birth to drama.
3. Gives the first single performance in Western theater. |
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1. Founder of democracy.
2. Introduced idea of sovereign power to the people.
3. United ten tribes into Athens.
4. Created ten month solar calendar.
5. Neutralized special interest groups.
6. Created an assembly for the people. |
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1. The process of exiling those who were thought to be plotting against Athens.
2. In order for a citizen to be ostracized, there must be 6,000 votes in favor of the ostracism.
3. Those who were ostracized often felt honored.
4. Often used for political dissidents. |
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1. The power of the people.
2. Gives parishes local independence.
3. Turns parishes into self-governing units.
4. Used to prevent dominant political interest in parishes.
5. Applied to Athens. |
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1. Founder and first king of Athens.
2. Appeared in Attica and united the petty kingdoms into Athens. |
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1. Was the first philosopher to bring philosophy from Ionia to Athens.
2. Introduced the concept of Nous (mind.)
3. Teacher of Pericles.
4. Too much thought led to madness.
5. Envisioned universe as a utopia. |
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1. King and hero of Sparta.
2. Led the Spartans during the Battle of Thermopylae.
3. Believed to be a descendant of Heracles. |
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1. A tribe that lost 170 men in various Athenian conflicts.
2. A monument was erected in their honor. |
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1. Divine revenge.
2. Was the reason that the Persians lost to the Greeks. |
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1. An official who resided over the Delian League.
2. He dictated how much each member had to pay.
3. Very fair and just man. |
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1. The court of the Athenians.
2. Ranged from 100 to 1,000 jurors to ensure no bribery would occur.
3. Defendants had to represent themselves.
4. The jurors acted as both judge and jury. |
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1. Service to and from the state.
2. Rich would donate money to the navy, the arts, and the poor.
3. The rich were rewarded with honors. |
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1. Emotional relief that is experienced by an audience while they watch a play.
2. It is also the purging of excess feelings. |
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| 1. Leisure time for social interaction in the marketplace and for intellectual and artistic activity. |
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1. Minoan writing system.
2. Used for historical records and business transactions.
3. Discovered by Sir Arthur Evans.
4. Deciphered.
5. Discovered at Knossus. |
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1. Non Greek speaking people.
2. Thought to be uncivilized and uneducated. |
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| 1. Mountainous area surrounding Sparta. |
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1. Elected magistrates of Sparta.
2. Could be citizens.
3. Elected annually.
4. More powerful than the Spartan king. |
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1. Assembly of Sparta.
2. Open to all men over thirty.
3. Legitimate law making assembly.
4. Assembled on the full moon within the boundaries of Sparta. |
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1. Assembly of thirty Spartan elders.
2. Had to be sixty years of age.
3. Supreme institution of the Spartan constitution.
4. Two members must be the kings of Sparta. |
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1. Confederation of city-states.
2. Dominated by Sparta.
3. Offered protection to it's members.
4. Promoted Oligarchies. |
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1. Free people under Spartan rule.
2. Were not citizens.
3. Able to serve in military.
4. Took up jobs as artisans and craftsmen. |
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1. Slaves of Sparta.
2. Usually captured peoples.
3. Not treated well. |
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1. A section of Hades that was inhabited by the souls of the virtuous and heroic.
2. Those who inhabited the Elysian Plains enjoyed an immortality of bliss. |
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