 | Term | Definition |
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polis |
defined as a city or state that was independent and had citizens. |
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Homer |
a blind Greek poet that wrote Iliad and the Odyssey. Commonly referred to as "the Poet." He also wrote several collections of myths and tales of the gods. |
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myths |
a way for Greeks to come to grips with the puzzles of life. There stories related to the gods and their human-like behavior |
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Etruscans |
a mixed people with knowledge of skills and cultures that date foreign to Italy. They were literate, used the greek alphabet, and transformed rome with their large masses. |
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Golden Mean |
to live a life of perfect balance, by arête |
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Arête |
the greek word for excellence. |
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excellence |
balance, order, and proportion. |
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Persian Wars |
Persia invaded Greece and Pericles became influential. Athens defeated the Persians |
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democracy |
government (cracy) by the people/citizens (demo) |
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Athens |
a powerful Greek city-state, the center of politics, commerce, and modern life. One of the only two sity-states with a population of more than 100,000 inhabitants |
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Socrates |
a Greek philosopher/teacher. His philosophy: the most important thing a man can do is try to understand how he can live a good life, and the only way of finding a good life is to scrutinize the values men live by |
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Plato |
Socrates' most famous student. An abstract thinker, his philosophy was that most people would never be able to live the life that was expected of them. He also began idealism |
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Idealism |
**this is not a term, just something you might want to know** everything does not have a reason behind it |
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Aristotle |
Plato's greatest student. He wrote about philosophy, biology, physics, math, logic, literature, ethics, and politics. More of a logical thinker than an abstract thinker. |
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Thucydides |
Herodotus' successor, who attempted to explain why and how things happened. He wrote in detail about the Peloponnesian Wars |
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Peloponnesian War |
peloponnesia and sparta vs. Greece from 431-404 BCE. Known by the spartans as "the was of liberation" |
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Causes of the Peloponnesian War |
The spartans feared intentions of Athens and tried to gain Greek sympathizers. |
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Pericles |
an influential Greek politician that came to lead Greece to their defeat during the Peloponnesian Wards |
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Alexander (the Great) |
Philip II's son, a Macedonian and passionate Hellene. He showed sympathy to the kingdoms that he conquered, but was also violent and had a hot temper with his friends. He lead the largest Empire |
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Hellenism |
greek culture |
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