History Quiz - Greco Persian Wars and Greek Culture

Greco Persian War

490 BCE, Persians led invasion of Greece to gain wealth, resources, Increase the prestige of the Persian ruler, Darius I, Retaliation for Athens’ support of Ionian rebels.

Battle of Salamis

480 BCE - Greeks defeated Persian fleets off an island / Part of the second Persian invasion

Darius I

Led the first invasion of Greece / despite a large army he was unsuccessful / 3rd Persian empire / for expansion. efficient government, capital city: Persepolis

Themistocles

Athenian politician and military commander / responsible for investing in the Athenian navy / great military strategist / led greek victory at the battle of salamis

Delian League

founded in 478 BCE / The meetings of Greek leaders that were held in Delos

Battle of Thermopylae

480 BCE / opened 2nd persian war / led by Spartan King Leonidas and the persian empire (Xerxes) / king led about 100 hoplites against persian force and were accompanied by 300 men from sparta / persian fleet was destroyed by greeks / greeks ended up not winning the war

Xerxes

Son of darius / commited to avenging his father's loss / raised an even larger army for 2nd invasion / captured athens but was eventually forced to retreat

Battle of Marathon

Beginning of 5th century BCE / Darius wanted revenge, Darius was from persia / persians took advantage of the circumstance but greeks fought back ----> victory that was a huge turning point / first big war

Battle of Platea

490 BCE / Persian king Darius was defeated by Greece / Xerxes invaded greece in 480 BCE but lost / 479 BCE - pausians (greeks in sparta), clashed with the theolytes / persians started attack on greece but lost / this war ended the persian empire.

Leonidas

King of sparta / best known for brave death at the battle of thermopylae / despite being outnumbered, he refused to give up / through defeat, he gave greeks time to rally their forces

Socrates

Greek philosopher from Athens / who contributed to greek philosophy and provided foundation for western philosophy

Plato

ancient Athenian philosopher; pupil of Socrates; teacher of Aristotle

Aristotle

one of the greatest of the ancient Athenian philosophers; pupil of Plato; teacher of Alexander the Great / famous for his incredible contributions to philosophy and science

Aeschylus

Greek tragedian; the father of Greek tragic drama

Sophocles

one of the great tragedians of ancient Greece

Euripides

one of the greatest tragic dramatists of ancient Greece

Homer

author of the Iliad and the Odyssey / one of the greatest literary artists of the world

pindar

Greek lyric poet remembered for his odes

Aristophanes

an ancient Greek dramatist remembered for his comedies

Herodotus

the ancient Greek known as the father of history; his accounts of the wars between the Greeks and Persians are the first known examples of historical writing

Thucydides

ancient Greek historian remembered for his history of the Peloponnesian War

Polybius

Greek statesman and historian / allowed letters to be easily signaled using a numerical system, called "the Polybius square