Quizlet History Test (Greeks CH 9)

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  1. Anaxagoras: created the theory that the sun was a ball of molten rock
  2. archon: archon
  3. Eurypides: greek playwright
  4. Herodotus: published his history in Athens
  5. Kimon's appeal: kimon's appeal
  6. Long Walls: walls built around athens, connect athens to piraeus
  7. Melos: greek island
  8. ostracism: banish (an unpopular or too powerful citizen) from a city for five or ten years by popular vote
  9. peace with Persia: Athens does this in preparation with Sparta
  10. Peloponnesian War: 431-404 B.C.E.
  11. Pericles: presiding genius in Athens during high summer of Greek culture
  12. Pheidias: built sculpture of the parthenon and olympia
  13. plague: hits athens twice, killes Pericles
  14. Socrates: a famous greek philosopher
  15. Sophists: traveling teachers of philosophy and rhetoric
  16. Sophocles: famous greek playwright
  17. the "first citizen": the "first citizen"
  18. the Parthenonon: temple of Athena, built in acropolis of Athens by Pericles
  19. the Sicilian Expidition: Athens sends large part of navy to attack sicily (fail miserably)
  20. Thucydides: wrote history of peloponnesian wars