CH. 5 S2
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- Peisistratus
- Athenian tyrant who ruled, but clashed with the nobles
- Representative democracy
- citizens elect representatives to govern for them
- Sparta
- the Helots capital which they conquered
- Ethics
- deal with what is good, bad and moral duty
- Rhetoric
- the study of oratory, public speaking, and debating
- Macedonia
- a city where Darius forces conquered in 492 BC
- Persian Wars
- the series of conflicts between Greece and Persia
- Peloponesian War
- war between Athens and Sparta in 431BC
- Terracing
- carving small, flat plots of land from hillsides
- Helots
- invaders from the north who had overrun most of the Peloponnesus and forced many ppl to work for them
- Cleisthenes
- The democracy of Athens in 507 BC
- Delian League
- an alliance of city-states with Athens as leader
- Draco
- believed to have created Athens first written law code
- Direct Democaracy
- all citizens participate directly in making decisions
- Results of Peloponnesian War
- A plauge came about & were driven back; aristocrats sized power, people overthrew aristocrats and restored democracy starved & surrendered,
- Ephors
- people who made sure that the kings followed laws
- Spartan Government
- consisted of two kings who controlled with the military & the other took care of matters at home, a council of elders, and an assembly
- Solon
- an archon who settled the disputes between creditors and debtors by erasing the debts of the poor and outlawing slavery for debt
- Pericles
- a leader of Athens also a great general, orator, and statesman
- Athens
- located on the Attic peninsula
- Sophists
- men who opened schools for older boys
- Pedagogue
- a male slave who taught a boy manners
- Battle of Thermopylae
- where the Spartans were outnumbered courage bought the other city-states time to prepare their forces
- Xerxes
- Darius son who led a huge Persian army and fleet against Greece