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Flashcards by Emma Fireman, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Emma Fireman
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| Question | Answer |
| Bronze Age | 3000bce-1250bc age of heros Greek legends originated beginning of Greek civilization |
| Minoans | Came before Mycenaeans not ethnically Greek- greatly influenced Mycenaean Civilization Linear A-syllabic kept records |
| Mycenaeans | burnt offerings to the gods had megarons used bronze armour Linear B-adopted by Linear A |
| Dark Age | 1200bc-800bc impoverishment disorganization famine Monarchy |
| Archaic Period | 800bc-480bc Greeks became Greek Greece became literate with invention of alphabet Greek tales into writing city-states |
| Classical Period | 480bc-323bc world's first democracy Persians gained power myths=entertainment worshiped the gods Peloponnesian War Greeks defeated Persians |
| Peloponnesian War | war fought between Athens and Sparta result: Sparta one |
| Hellenistic Period | 323bc-31bc period after the death of Alexander the Great "Greek-like" age of philosophers |
| Why study the Greeks? | -man is at the center- emphasized humanism -studied the Liberal Arts/created philosophy -4 tragedians- Euripides, Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Herodotus -athletic completion (the Olympics) -created democracy -alphabet and language |
| Greek communication through Myths | through art, science, literature, liberal arts |
| Greek god/goddesses characteristics | -Greeks made gods look human-like (anthropomorphism) -made gods relatable through emotions gods were characterized by families |
| Moira | do gods control my fate? gods intervening vs. free will |
| Hubris | excessive pride/confidence |
| Nemesis | divine retribution or revenge |
| Nostos | yearning for home |
| Oikos | Knostos for your oikos |
| Arête | excellence in all areas |
| Time | honor and glorious acts |
| Kleos | legacy-having name live on |
| Xenia | guest/host code hospitality |
| Sophrosyne | moderation, balance, self control |
| Importance of swearing an oath | keeping promise |
| Mythology | early science and literature |
| Religion | beliefs, practices of a person or group |
| Greek Miracle | -man discovered their full potential -new birth of the world |
| Homer | -Reign of Augustan -compendium (collection of concise but detailed information) of mythology |
| Homer | -oldest Greek writer wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey |
| Hesiod | -Poor farmer -wrote "Works and Days" and "Theogony" -contemporary of Pindar |
| Pindar | greatest lyric poet Greece -end of 6th century |
| Aeschylus | -oldest of tragedians -wrote about the Persians -contemporary with Pindar |
| Aristophanes | -great writer of comedy -5th-4th century |
| Herodotus | -first historian of Greece -late 5th century -contemporary with Euripides and Plato |
| Virgil | -didn't not believe in myths -contemporary of Ovid |
| What effects did Greece’s geography have on its development? (political) | -governed in small regions -politically independent -city-states |
| What makes up a civilization? | -social classes -economic provisions (surplus of food-Sumerians) -political organization -organized religion -density of population -pursuit of language and knowlege |
| What is culture? | A WAY OF LIFE -religion -entertainment -changes in family -music -relationships -politics -media |
| Odyssey | -written by Homer -relied on fable and folk tale more than the Iliad -Odysseus' journey back to Ithaca after the Trojan War |
| Iliad | -written by Homer -focused on the events of the Trojan War |
| Epic Characteristics | -story begins in medias res (middle) -story begins with an invocation to a muse (asking upon muse for help) -story begins with a statement -story has many epithets (nickname) -story has many long epic similies -story has many long formal speeches by characters -story has a vast setting -there will be a listing of someone or something the gods will intervene in human affairs (Moira) -there is a clear hero -there is a scene describing the hero -the hero will undergo a journey (hero's journey) |
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