The Ancient Greeks (Mr. Worthley) – Flashcards
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At roughly what time period was the golden age of Ancient Greece?
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2500 years ago
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Who was the Ancient Greek writer of fables?
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Aesop
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Who was a Greek mathematician?
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Pythagoras
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Why should Americans study Ancient Greece?
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Because they gave us things like Democracy, Literature, Theater, Philosophy, etc.
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How is a city-state more than just a city?
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It governed and had its own laws.
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What term was not in use during the Golden Age of Greece? Why not?
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Greece. It was not a united country at that time.
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What is an agora?
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A marketplace
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How were women oppressed in Greece
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They couldn't go to school after a young age, they couldn't vote, they could be killed for having affairs, and their main responsibility was to do housework.
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What would happen to a family who did not have a male heir?
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They would pass their wealth down to the closest male heir.
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At what age did most girls get married?
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15
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What is a dowry?
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The money that the wife brings to her husband when they get married.
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What was the goal of every Greek wife?
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To produce male heir
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When was murder completely legal in Ancient Greece?
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If a woman had an affair
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What is a Greek adage about their newborn child?
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If you have a boy, keep it. If you have a girl, expose it.
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What ceremony did boys go through before becoming men?
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They had their hair cut
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Boys were sent off to do what at the age of eighteen?
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Military duty
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What does the word gymnos mean?
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Unclothed
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How long were men subject to the military draft?
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Until they wer 60 years old
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What is a lyre?
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A 6-stringed instrument (like a harp)
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What is rhetoric?
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The art of speaking and writing effectively
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What was the Greek word for one who participates in sport contests?
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Athlete
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What was a sophist?
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A lover of wisdom
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What was the most dangerous Greek sport?
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Boxing
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What is the "Bible" of the Greeks?
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The Iliad
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The gymnasium was the ancient predecessr of what modern institution?
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Modern Workout Facility
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What were the two tools teachers used to teach reading and writing
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The Iliad and The Odyssey
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When did education end for most boys?
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18
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Why were Greek men expected to keep their bodies in shape?
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To go to war in good physical condition
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According to the Greek moral code, what two crimes were capital offenses?
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Failing to bury properly and dishonoring a guest
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Explain how Greeks did not have a strict religious code.
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They had dozens of gods
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Spotting what kind of bird during the daytime foretold death?
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Owl
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What could a priest tell from an animals organs?
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If the animal was undamaged and healthy, it meant good. If the animal's insides were rotten = bad.
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What does fortuitous mean?
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Occurring by chance
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What is a pantheon?
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A group of gods
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What is an agury?
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Telling the future by the pattern of the birds
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What usually occurred after a Greek sacrifice
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A feast
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Where did the Oracle fo Delphi sit?
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Above the crack in the ground
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Which gods or goddess was most honored in Athens?
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Athena
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Whom did kings consult to learn their future?
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Oracle of Delphi
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How did citizens vote sometimes vote in Athens?
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Placing a certain color of rocks into a pot
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What groups were excluded from Athenian citizenship?
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Women, slaves, and free foreigners
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What type of Democracy did Athens have?
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A direct Democracy
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When did the Olympics occur?
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776 BC
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What Olympic contest was held at the Olympian Hippodrome?
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Chariot Race
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Were the Olympics the only games held in ancient Greece?
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No
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What was the Heraia?
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Foot races
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What are the five sports in the pentathalon?
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Running, jumping, wrestling, discus, and javelin throwing
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How were the lives of Spartan women different from the lives of Athenian women?
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??? Ask your teacher.
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Sparta was one of the few societies to produce no____.
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Art
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Spartan boys started their training at what age?
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Seven
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Spartan boys were yearly flogged for what reason?
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To teach them to endure bodily pain
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What did an apprenticeship of a young boy to an older boy accomplish?
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Helped them form a bond
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How were Spartan boys taught stealth?
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The instructors gave them little food, which forced the boys to steal from the agora with only the shadows seeing them
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What did the Spartans do with their unwanted children?
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Threw them into a gorge, or chasam
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What story demostrated Spartan discipline?
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The Fox Cub
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What was a Spartan's wedding night ritual?
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Shaved the woman's head and she dressed like a man
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What word is a synonym for gorge?
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Chasam
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Sparta was completely dedicated to the art of what?
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Military strength
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Hippocrates is often called
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The father of medicine
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How many children died in anicent Greece before the age of ten?
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Half of them
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What is leeching?
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Bleed by use of leeches
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Write one line from the Hippocratic Oath.
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To hold him who has taught me and to live this art as XXXXX (can't read your writing) to my parents
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How old was Alexander the Great when he became the King of Macedon?
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20
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What did Alexander spread around the world?
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Greek culture
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What empire did Alexander conquer?
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Persian
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What did Alexander the Great die of?
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Poisoning or Malaria
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Why was Alexander the Great a successful conquerer?
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He used colonization
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How was Socrates different from the sophists?
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He did not accept money.
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Who were the scientists of Ancient Greeks?
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Ancient philosophers
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What does philosophy mean in Greek?
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The love of wisdom
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What poison did Socrates drink?
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Hemlock
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What is the Socratic method?
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The way of questioning
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What was Plato's Academy named for?
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Acedumus
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What was the charge brought against Socrates?
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Corrupting youth
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How was the Dark Age of Greece different than the Golden Age of Greece?
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The kings were different
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What are three rumors about Homer?
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He was a woman. He was blind. He was more than one person.
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What is an epic poem?
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A long story and one that involves a hero.
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What is the plot of the Odyssey?
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Odysseus' travels at sea from the war at Troy
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What started the Trojan war?
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The kidnapping of a princess
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When did the real "Trojan War" probably occur?
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1250 BC
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Which did the Greeks like better? The Iliad or the Odyssey?
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The Iliad, because it had so much action. It was a war story.
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Herodotus is often called what?
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The father of History
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What wars did Herodotus write about?
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Persian
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What else did Herodotus write about?
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Other cultures
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What is "Western Civilization"?
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GrecoRoman Tradition
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Most Greek households have how many slaves?
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Two
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What does humane mean?
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Sympathy
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What is the rack?
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A torture device that strengthens you
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What were lawyers allowed to do to slaves in order to get information?
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Torcher them
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What were three jobs a slave might receive?
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Work in the army, in the mines, or make pottery
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Greeks believed your spirit would never be at rest if...
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You weren't buried
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What were two capital offenses in Ancient Greece?
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To dishonor a guest, failing to bury a body, and tackling an enemy while collecting a body
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How did one warship defeat another?
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Running into the enemy ship.
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What is a garland?
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A spiral arrangement
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What is a libation?
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An act of pouring a liquid as a sacrifice
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Where did Greeks obtain their slaves?
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Barbarian nations
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How did the rowers on a warship keep in time with each other?
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The piping of a flute
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Sparta was known for its infantry; Athens known for its
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Powerful navy
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What is a hoplite?
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A person who provides his own armor
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Where did Sparta and Athens stop King Xerxes' march into Greece?
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The battle at Thermopolae
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What is a phalax?
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A battle formation formed as a shield wall
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How many spectators could be seated in the theatron?
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14,000
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What amplified the voices of Greek actors?
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Strong lungs and masks
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What are satyrs?
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One of a class in woodland dieties (read your writing... is this what it says?)
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What does obscene mean in Greek?
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Acts that should not be shown
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What innovation did Sophocles create?
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Adding a third character
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What is a chorus?
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A group of 12-15 men singing and dancing in response to what the character is doing
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What is chatharsis?
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Emotional cleansing (purging of emotions)
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What theatrical innovation did the playwright Aeschylus come up with?
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Adding a second character
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What type of play is a crude parody?
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Satyre
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What type of play tells the downfall of a noble character
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Tragedy
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Who was the patron god of the theater?
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Dionysus
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Whose opinion did the chorus represent in Greek plays?
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The public
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Why are modern actors called Thespians?
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Because they act in Thespis plays
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Which type of play made fun of daily life in Athens?
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Parody or Comedy
