Term List #5 - The Archaic Age

Bronze Age

3000-1100 BC

Dark Age/Iron Age

110-750 BC, little to no artifacts, reverted to old family ways, smelting iron, no writing system

oikos

clan based living, simple living, people stick together, reason for low artifacts in Iron Age

Archaic Age

750-500 BC, can read this language, recorded Homer, classic Greek alphabet from Phoenicians

polis

greek for CITY, but like a nation or state

i.e. - Athens, Sparta

panhellenism

All of greek city states, could apply to locations ALL treasured

Delphi

city where Apollo killed the snake, became his most sacred temple where people could come to get prophecies, crucial to religion

Pythia

priestess of Apollo that would reveal his oracles, basically high off vapors

enthusiasmos

state of having a god in you, when people would dance or sing themselves into a frenzy

Croesus

king of Lydia, super rich, declared Delphi the most reliable oracle via soup

Olympic Games

athletic competition in Olympia (Zeus' fav) winners would get poems similar to Homer

attempting to "go back to Homer"

776 BC

year of the first Olympic games, based all of time recordings off of that

Messenia

Sparta enslaved all of them

Sparta

greek city-state, known for tough warriors, changed society to keep Messenian slaves but lost art, women had lots of autonomy

Solon

picked to save Athens from debt crisis, gave power to common people but was kind of hated from both sides

"7 wise men of Ancient world"

Peisistratus

tyrant of Athens, made Athens really strong, encouraged art, discovered silver mines and made Athens rich, 607-528 BC

Themistocles

524-459 BC, suggested building triremes with all the extra money, make a navy, made 200 new ones

Triremes

greek naval battleship, rammed into other ships