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Flashcards: West Civ:hellenistic Age

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Aeschylus"father of tragedy", wrote the Oresteia, theory hawk dropped a turtle on his head and he died
orestiawritten by aeschylus---drama about aggamemnons return home from the trojan war
Sophocleswriter-playwright ,focuses on character development
Oedipius the kingking id old son will kill him and marry wife, king ships him away, is destned to kill dad. Marrys the mother kills the father
Antigonebrother gors against king has to die, doesnt get a proper burial sis buries anyway kills herself---sophocles
Euripedeswrote about faith and paths wrote Medea
MedeaJason sent for golden fleece meets Medea, marries him, leaves her for another woman, she kills kids
Greek Comedycreated through tragedy---made fun of peloponesian war
Aristophanesfirst greek comedian---wrote about pericles and the peloponesian war---messages should be conveyed through comedy
Herodotusgreek from turkey, father of history, traveled to Prsia and chronocled their hitory---BIASE
greek tragedyinvolves gods and mythology-greedcentral theme
Thucyudideswrote about the peloponisian war without biase-8 boks- wrote melian dialougue---not BIAse
Pythagorouscreates pythagreom therom, numbers solves all, philosopher in mathematics
Atomic theorydemocitus--everything is made up of small atoms
Sophistsstdied huma life, think we live in an unnatural world, claim to know verything, had people pa hem for heir knowledge
Socratesfrom athens he believes that everyone knows nothing and that knowledge is a series of questions
Trial of socrateshe traveled around Athens talking to people arrested for giving false info about gods believed that their was only one god, students came to rescue him but he refused because he claimed that he was not free ---killed himself in front of his stdents
Platostudent of socrtes, from rich fam, kidnaped by pirates, friends got ransom didnt use it so they made the Academy, developed the theory of knowledge, wroyte the republic
The republicdialougue between socrates and plato talking about knowledge and life
Aristotleone of Plats best students, alexanders teacher, taught logic astronomy, politics, and poetry, wrte Polotics, classified animals in categories
Politicsbook aristotle wrote on democracy, oligarchy, and monarchy
Sacred band of thebesthey were an army made up of gay coules in order to strengthen thier desire to protect their mates
battle of Leuctrathebians fought in a different ways using sacred band, helots were released the thebians allowed the helots to go back to messinae, first time sparta lost
Phillip the secondhostage in thebes, loved greek culture-upset about fighting-goal was to unite the greek people-united all but sparta-18 foot phalanx, army had to fight all year round, murdered at a wedding before he can take over Persia. His son Alexander takes over
Alexander"the great" age 20, takes over much of the medditeranian rea, tries to finish what his his father started
Battle of issusbattles with darius, darius fles, alex takes fam but trets them the way they would like to be treated
Alexandriabest and most modern city, in egypt, made by alexander
Batle of Guagamela300,000 persians vs. 50,000 macedonians darius ran away again, alexander has techniacally won persia but he wants to win the world
Darius IIIking of persia while alexander was in power lost his empire because he fled from battle
Euclidwrote textbook of plane geometry, analytical method of profs
Archimedesinvented the archimedes screw--water irrigation system
Aristarchusastronomer and mathematician,invented heliocentric system-planets revolve around the sun
Epicurousbelieved that pleasure is the key to life
Atomismbeilief in atoms exsistence?
Stoicismthe belief that fire creates the universe and holds it together--ACCEPT FATE!