Greek Notes part 2



  • The Greek diet consists of grains, grapes, olives, and fish. 
  • Mycenae is located on a rocky ridge in Peloponnesus
  • The Trojan War was fought in the 12th or 13th century BCE
  • Dorians were far less advanced
  • The trade-based economy collapsed, writing disappeared for 400 years.
  • Talk about a culture in decline... 
  • Except for the fact that the Dorians ruling from 1150 to 1750 was the Dark Ages.
  • The Odyssey was 12110 lines of dactylic hexameter
  • The Iliad was about the Trojan War while the Odyssey was about the man Odysseus and his long journey back to his family.
  • The Homeric Question- Homer may have been a mythical creation himself
  • Homer was a blind, wandering minstrel; an heroic figure
  • Polis- a fundamental political unit made up of a city and the surrounding countryside.
  • Monarchy- rule by a single person
  • Aristocracy- rule by a small group of noble, very rich, landowning families.
  • Oligarchy- wealthy groups, dissatisfied with aristocratic rule, who seized power.
  • Tyrant- a powerful individual who seized control by appealing to the common people for support
  • Aristocrats- members of the ruling class, attended symposiums(meetings where the elite men would enjoy wine and poetry.
  • Politics- an excessive club, meaning no women, no middle class, certainly no slaves, sometimes even certain aristocrats were excluded)
  • Hoplites- well armed soldiers 
  • Tyrant(another meaning)- someone who rules outside the framework of the polis 
  • Draco(621 BCE)- all athenians are equal under law, death is the punishment for many crimes, debt slavery is ok (you could work as a slave to repay debts)
  • Solon Reforms- outlaws debt slavery, all athenian citizens can speak at the assembly, and any citizen can press charges against any socially classes wrongdoer.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Martin Luther

Today in western civilization class with mr. schick we talked about Martin Luther. Martin Luther was a very smart man and his dad made him go through law school, which were pretty sure he was not in agreement with, but he did it anyway. One day on his way back home, Martin's horse chariot was struck by a lightning bolt. Luther thought he was dying, so he made a plea to God that he will forever worship him if he helps keep Luther alive. Shortly after this spectacle, Luther became a monk and devoted his life to worshipping the Gods.
Read more

The Renaissance

Today in western civilization class we were learning about the Renaissance. We learned that many major artist were sponsored by a wealthy woman named Isabella de-este. She was a very, very wealthy woman who would invest her own money into a famous artist's paintings. These artists include people such as michaelangelo, Leonardo davinci, and many others.
Read more

Cleisthenes and Isagoras

Today in human geography class with Mr. Schick we learned about the historic events in Greece when Isagoras and Cleisthenes were at uneven terms. The two leader has many hardships and they were following up the banishment of Hippias. The two political figures had various views.  Isagoras was the horrible tyrant whom everyone disliked. Cleisthenes was the political leader who was loved by everyone and was the favorite to be picked. For no apparent reason, Cleisthenes was not picked in the end and ended up getting ostracized by Isagoras out of Athens. Later on, Isagoras was revolted against and was thrown out of office by the citizens of Greece, he was then ostracized for good when Cleisthenes was later elected into office.
Read more