Chap. 4 & 5 Quiz World History I
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- Persian King
- Cyrus II
- how persians ruled
- tolerently
- Ionian reaction to persian rule
- disliked - used to democracy, revolted
- defeated Ionian revolt
- Darius I - Cyrus' son
- reason for Persian war
- punish greeks for helping ionian revolt
- 1st attack in Persian war
- tried - N coast of Aegean - storm destroyed ships
- coastal plain N of athens
- Marathon
- how athenians won marathon
- hoplite infantry
- Darius' son
- Xerxes - continued war
- "wooden wall"
- Oracle of Delphi said greeks would be safe - Themistocles thought wall of ships
- Athenian Gen. fought battle of Salamis
- Themistocles
- mountain pass N of athens
- thermopylae
- where is Salamis
- narrow straight between Athens & Island of Salamis
- athenian buildings
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homes - simple
public - lavish - athenian homes
- dinning room, well room (spinning & weaving), around courtyard
- athenian slaves
- mostly foreigners, 1/3 of pop., did most of work
- athenian woman's day
- cook, spin, weave, poor - food sellers
- upper class men drinking session after banquet & discuss stuff
- symposium
- athenian man's day
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morning - work
afternoon - assembly of gymnasium - athenian women
- many literate, participated in festivals
- Aspacia
- smart & charming woman, tried to get more edu. & freedom, prosecuted & charged w/ impiety (aquitted)
- impiety
- disloyalty to gods
- Delian league name
- tresury on island of delos
- downfall of delian league
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Pericles:
athens dominated others, used tresury for parthenon, trials only in athens, others had to use coins, supported others' rebelions - Peloponestion war
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sparta - no navy
deal w/ persians - ionia for gold
plague -1/3 + pericles died
lost allies
later surrendered - effects of Pel. war
- weak, lost faith in democracy, sparta tried to rule
- Thebes alliance
- overthrew sparta, poor rulars
- classical style
- simplicity, balance
- parthenon
- athena, acropolos, optical elusion
- "golden mean"
- nothing in excess
- murals
- none left, know from descriptions
- 1st plays
- tragities
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1st graeat tragity writter
orestia - Aeschylus
- human suffering part of life Oedipus Rex
- Sophocles
-
hated war
the trojan women - Euripides
- comedy, social satire
- aristophanes
- olympic events
- running, chariots, discus, wrestling, broad jump, pentathalon
- women's olympics
- honor of hera, other palce
- reason called marathon
- news to athens, "Nike!", died
- 3 goals of pericles
- athens most beautiful, strengthen democracy, powerful empire
- Thomas Bruce
- "elgin marbles" from parthenon to brit. museum
- discus thrower
- Myron
- statue of athean in pathenon
- Phidias, armor, precios metals, nike in hand
- the doryphorbus
- policlytus, math create perfect human form
- slightly of background
- low relief
- farther off background
- high reliefb
- Helenistic style
- emotion, realism
- pottery
- red & black, trade, scenes of myth & daily life
- tragety
- family dynamics, trajic flaw in hero