Studied by 2 peopleWhere was sparta’s first colony located?
Tarentum/Taras
greek word for city
polis
when were the first ancient olympics held?
776 BCE
what spartan king wrote their constitution “the great rehtra” c.750 BC?
lycurgus
who overthrew the bacchiad family who had tried to kill him as a child?
cypselus
what argive king later became tyrant in his city?
pheidon
what wise sage instituted many reforms, including no debt slavery in athens?
solon
what spartan king invaded athens?
cleomenes
what was a strategos?
a general
what were inferior inhabitants of sparta called?
helots
what “father of democracy” reformed the athenian constitution?
cleisthenes
what persian king tried to capture greece in the 480s bc?
xerxes
what allowed athens to develop their powerful navy?
silver at Mt. Laurion
at what battle in 480 bc were the famous 300 spartans killed by persia?
thermopylae
what famous general defeated persia at salamis in 480 bc?
themistocles
who ruled athens during its golden age around 430 bc and commissioned the parthenon?
pericles
what two men killed the ipparchus in 514 bce and were known as the tyrannicides?
harmodius and aristogeiton
what father of hipparchus and hippias was the only man to be athenian tyrant twice?
peisistratus
who was the father of alexander the great?
philip II
who was the mother of alexander the great?
olympias
what was a satrap?
persian governor
who was the main persian enemy of alexander the great?
Darius III
where did these two meet in battle?
issus
in what year was socrates forced to drink hemlock and die?
399 BCE
in what year did alexander the great die?
323 bce
who was known as the weeping philosopher?
heraclitus
what philosopher correctly predicted the eclipse of 585 bce?
thales
who led the ionian revolt?
aristagoras
who was known as the most honorable mean in athens and even voted to ostracize himself?
aristides
where did thebes defeat sparta and kill their king in 371 bce?
leuctra
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