Set: 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
orestia written by aeschylus---drama about aggamemnons return home from the trojan war
Sophocles writer-playwright ,focuses on character development
Oedipius the king king id old son will kill him and marry wife, king ships him away, is destned to kill dad. Marrys the mother kills the father
Antigone brother gors against king has to die, doesnt get a proper burial sis buries anyway kills herself---sophocles
Euripedes wrote about faith and paths wrote Medea
Medea Jason sent for golden fleece meets Medea, marries him, leaves her for another woman, she kills kids
Greek Comedy created through tragedy---made fun of peloponesian war
Aristophanes first greek comedian---wrote about pericles and the peloponesian war---messages should be conveyed through comedy
Herodotus greek from turkey, father of history, traveled to Prsia and chronocled their hitory---BIASE
greek tragedy involves gods and mythology-greedcentral theme
Thucyudides wrote about the peloponisian war without biase-8 boks- wrote melian dialougue---not BIAse
Pythagorous creates pythagreom therom, numbers solves all, philosopher in mathematics
Atomic theory democitus--everything is made up of small atoms
Sophists stdied huma life, think we live in an unnatural world, claim to know verything, had people pa hem for heir knowledge
Socrates from athens he believes that everyone knows nothing and that knowledge is a series of questions
Trial of socrates he 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
Plato student 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 republic dialougue between socrates and plato talking about knowledge and life
Aristotle one of Plats best students, alexanders teacher, taught logic astronomy, politics, and poetry, wrte Polotics, classified animals in categories
Politics book aristotle wrote on democracy, oligarchy, and monarchy
Sacred band of thebes they were an army made up of gay coules in order to strengthen thier desire to protect their mates
battle of Leuctra thebians 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 second hostage 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 issus battles with darius, darius fles, alex takes fam but trets them the way they would like to be treated
Alexandria best and most modern city, in egypt, made by alexander
Batle of Guagamela 300,000 persians vs. 50,000 macedonians darius ran away again, alexander has techniacally won persia but he wants to win the world
Darius III king of persia while alexander was in power lost his empire because he fled from battle
Euclid wrote textbook of plane geometry, analytical method of profs
Archimedes invented the archimedes screw--water irrigation system
Aristarchus astronomer and mathematician,invented heliocentric system-planets revolve around the sun
Epicurous believed that pleasure is the key to life
Atomism beilief in atoms exsistence?
Stoicism the belief that fire creates the universe and holds it together--ACCEPT FATE!

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Terms 35
Creator molliej
Created January 21, 2008
Group CHS 10th Grade Midterm
Tags western, west, mr, midterm, janke, hellenistic, classical, civilization, civ, age
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  1. Thucyudides → wrote about the peloponisian war without biase-8 boks- wrote melian dialougue---not BIAse - 10 misses
  2. Oedipius the king → king id old son will kill him and marry wife, king ships him away, is destned to kill dad. Marrys the mother kills the father - 8 misses
  3. Aeschylus → "father of tragedy", wrote the Oresteia, theory hawk dropped a turtle on his head and he died - 7 misses
  4. Euripedes → wrote about faith and paths wrote Medea - 7 misses
  5. Aristophanes → first greek comedian---wrote about pericles and the peloponesian war---messages should be conveyed through comedy - 7 misses
  6. battle of Leuctra → thebians 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 - 7 misses
  7. Batle of Guagamela → 300,000 persians vs. 50,000 macedonians darius ran away again, alexander has techniacally won persia but he wants to win the world - 7 misses