Ancient Greece Whole Chapter

city states

greek cities

oligarchy

government was led by a small wealthy group

Tyranny

government led by popular

acropostel

city, high fortified hill

democracy

governed themselves

monarchy, oligarchy, tyranny, and democracy

different types of government practiced by Greek Cities

Monarchy

government led by a king

Pericles

bringing Athens into the Golden age

Aristotle

father of science, teacher of Alexander the Great

phalanx

very organized military

Socrates

made to drink poison, “corrupting the youth”

Helenization

spreading of Greek Culture

Plato

wrote “The Republic” described perfect form of governement

founded a school

parthenon

used as treasurery and temple, dedicated to Athena

Hippocrates

father of medicine

Archimeds

invented the lever, pulley, and the screw

Alexandria, Egypt

ancient knowledge kept in a library

Euclid

father of Geometry, wrote “The Elements”

Doric

Simple

Ionic

use of scrolls

Corinthian

fancy

Athens

city, beauty and art were important

Pythagoras

investigated sides of triangles

Aeschylus

wrote “The Oresteia”

Euripides

wrote “The Trojan Women”

Herodotus

father of history, wrote about the Persian Wars

Thucydides

wrote about the Peloponnesus War

Phidas

sculptor in athens

Cyrus the Great

founded the Persian Empire

Sparta

located in Peloponnese, militaristic society

Athens

democratic, leader of the Delian empire

Pheidipiddes

ran 26 miles

polis

city state