Chapter 10 Flashcards

247754113	Persian War	a war fought between a coalition led by the United States and Iraq to free Kuwait from Iraqi invaders	0
247754114	Peloponnesian War	a war in which Athens and its allies were defeated by the league centered on Sparta	1
247754115	Marathon	a battle in 490 BC in which the Athenians and their allies defeated the Persians	2
247754116	Salamis	naval battle where the Greek forces defeated the Persians, shortly after the battle at Thermopylae	3
247754117	Antigonid empire	The empire in Greece after the breakup of Alexander's empire.	4
247754118	Ptolemaic empire	The empire in the Egyptian area after the breakup of Alexander's empire.	5
247754119	Seleucid empire	The empire in Syria, Persia, and Bactria after the breakup of Alexander's empire.	6
247754120	Epicureans	People who believed the proper pursuit of humankind is undisturbed withdrawal from the world	7
247754121	Skeptics	This group of Hellenistic philosophers questioned any assumptions and had a goal of achieving peace of mind.	8
247754122	Stoics	Hellenistic group of philosophers; emphasized inner moral independence cultivated by strict discipline of the body and personal bravery	9
247754123	Demeter	(Greek mythology) goddess of fertility and protector of marriage in ancient mythology	10
247754124	Dionysus	(Greek mythology) god of wine and fertility and drama	11
247754125	Zeus	king of gods and ruler of Mount Olympus; god of the sky, thunder, and justice	12
247754126	Apollo	god of poetry, music, prophecy, medicine, and archery	13
247754127	Socrates	philosopher who believed in an absolute right or wrong; asked students pointed questions to make them use their reason, later became Socratic method	14
247754128	Plato	Greek philosopher; knowledge based on consideration of ideal forms outside the material world; proposed ideal form of government based on abstract principles in which philosophers ruled	15
247754129	Aristotle	Greek philosopher; teacher of Alexander the Great; knowledge based on observation of phenomena in material world	16
247754130	Philip of Macedon	ruled Macedon from 359 to 336 BCE; founder of centralized kingdom; later conquered rest of Greece which was subjected to Macedonian authority; father of Alexander the Great	17
247754131	Solon	Athenian reformer of the 6th century; established laws that eased the burden of debt on farmers, forbade enslavement for debt	18
247754132	Pericles	Athenian leader noted for advancing democracy in Athens and for ordering the construction of the Parthenon.	19
247754133	Seleucus	Greek general under Alexander the Great whoe took most of the old Persian Empire, which became known as the Seleucid kingdom.	20
247754134	Sappho	(born ca. 612 B.C.E.) One of the great poets of the ancient Greeks; her poetry developed the complexities of the inner workings of human beings and love.	21
247754135	Arrian	which of the following people wrote that Alexander the Great possessed, "great personal beauty, invincible power of endurance, and a keen intellect"?	22
247754136	Antigonus	became king of Macedonia and took control of the Greek city states	23
247754137	Ptolemy	Alexandrian astronomer who proposed a geocentric system of astronomy that was undisputed until Copernicus (2nd century AD)	24
247754138	Aeschylus	writer of tragedies; wrote Oresteia; proposed the idea of having two actors and using props and costumes	25
247754139	Sophocles	one of the great tragedians of ancient Greece (496-406 BC)	26
247754140	Euripides	writer, used regular people instead of Gods, and tried to answer real life questions in playwrite	27
247754141	Aristophanes	Greek writer and comtemporary of Sophocles and Euripides. Was the "Father of Comedy" - used satire and fantasy to challenge problematic situations. Most famous: The Archarnians and The Lysistrata	28