GRS101 - Places and Battles - Final Exam

Thermopylai

480bce. Persian war in greece. Spartans and leonidas lose.

Salamis

battle in 480/479. Greeks win against persians.

Plateia

last major battle of persian war, greeks victorius.

Mycenae

legendary home of agamemnon. 1600-1100BCE

Akrotiri

Archeological site. City Thera/santorini here. Destroyed by large eruption. NOT ATLANTIS. Had a planned community (streets, drainage, mulitstory buildings. No substansial human remains, but was a wealthy population of sea-faring people

Lefkandi

village on island of euboea. Has heroon from dark age greece 1000BCE. Also tiny centaur figure found here (chiron?)

Ionia

east greece (part of now turkey), center for early philosophy

Phrygia, Gordion, Midas

Gordian is capital of Phrygia, Ionia. home of midas.

Lydia, Sardis, Croesus

sardis is capital of lydia, (ionia?). Home of cerosus

Battle of Marathon

490BCE. Persian war in greece. Athenians and Miltiades victorius. Persians retreat.

Mt. Penteli

source of marble for the acroplolis monuments

Kadmeia

theban citadel, taken by sparta for 3 years in 382, pro-spartan oligarchy situated there.

Leuktra

(371) at this battle, beotians (Epaminondas) defeated Spartans. Ended spartan hegemony.

Chaeroneia

battle on aug.2nd 338BCE. Study of human remains shows violent battle, exclusively deceased young men, and organization of burial reflects phalanx. Alexander the great led cavalry.

City Dionysia

festival for dionysus

Knossos

found by minos kalokairanos(1878). Palace of Minos at Knossos (1500bce) found by Arthur Evans… Court centered

Troy

Aka illion place on landmass east of greece.

Delphi

home of oracle? excavations lead by france. Located in phocis region of greece.