Ch. 4 study guide

Important Dates:

1600-1100 B.C. -

1200 B.C. -

1150-750 B.C. - This time period was known as the Dark Ages, because Greek Culture died down and writing fell out of use.

776 B.C. –

750-700 B.C. –

621 B.C. –

600-371 B.C. –

594 B.C. –

508 B.C. –

490-371 B.C. –

490 B.C. –

480 B.C. –

480-430 B.C. –

461-429 B.C. –

447-432 B.C. –

431-404 B.C. –

339 B.C. –

336 B.C. –

Important People/Immortals:

Homer: He was a Greek poet who wrote the Odyssey and the Allied.

Odysseus: A Greek hero who fought in the Trojan War and got lost on his way home, according to the Odyssey, and fought/encountered various monsters.

Zeus: the King of the gods, he is the son of Kronos, Titan lord of time. He is the god of the sky and lightning.

Athena: She is said to have been born straight from Zeus’s brain. She is goddess of wisdom and battle strategy, as well as the patron goddess of Athens.

Draco:

Solon:

Pisistratus:

Cleisthenes:

Darius (the Great):

Xerxes:

Pheidippides:

Themistocles:

Pericles:

Aristophanes:

Socrates: A Greek philosopher, accused of corrupting the youth of Athens. He invented the Socratic Method, and was killed by being forced to drink holly.

Plato:

Aristotle:

Alexander the Great: A great general in the Greek army. He conquered many territories and even conquered the great Persian Empire.

Places: be able to map the following

Athens, Sparta, the Ionian and Aegean Seas, Peloponnesus, Persian Empire, and Ionia

Government:

Monarchy- ruled by a single ruler, most often a king or queen

 Democracy- all adult citizens get to have a say in politics. In Greece this applied only to males

 Oligarchy- Minority rules over the majority. One example of this is Sparta.

 Aristocracy- ruled by a group of aristocrats

Pericles’s three goals for Athens:

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Greek Art:

Sculpture:

Architecture: Parthenon- most famous, grandest temple to the goddess Athena

Drama:

 

-          Comedy-

-          Tradgedy-