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HI 201, Greek History: Final Exam Review Sheet
I. Identifications
The first part of the exam will consist of short
identifications of people, places, concepts, and
technical terms important to the study of Greek
history. This will be divided into 2 sections:
A. Places: I will give you a map (one of the ones
I’ve used for map quizzes) and ask you to label 10
locations and briefly tell me something interesting
or important about that place. Any location that
has appeared on a map quiz is fair game, but
places that have come up repeatedly over the
course of the semester are obviously the likeliest
to appear. I won’t choose locations that are too
broad or too major for you to say anything useful
about (e.g. Anatolia, Athens).
B. People, events, concepts, technical terms: As
on the midterm.
II. Short answers
As on the midterm, part 2 will consist of shortanswer questions, in which I will give you an image or an excerpt from a primary text and ask you
to identify and/or comment briefly on the interesting or important features of certain places, people,
objects, or practices depicted in it.
III. Essay
The second half of the exam will consist of 2 essays, which will ask you to draw some larger conclusions about Greek history from what we’ve
been reading and talking about so far. In these
essays, I’m looking for a clearly written, wellreasoned essay with a thesis, which is defended on
the basis of careful analysis of primary evidence,
either written or visual. Strong thesis + clear argument + copious citation of primary evidence =
good essay.
What to Know
Greek history can seem like a barrage of names,
dates, places, and facts. Don’t be overwhelmed!
You might start by going through the syllabus day
by day, or period by period (Persian Wars, Pentekontaetia, Peloponnesian War, 4th Century), and
asking yourself: what were the big themes for this
period? What were the major pieces of evidence
that we looked at? How do the big trends of this
period relate to the big themes of the periods before or after?
Some themes of particular importance:
* Freedom, power, justice
* Greek v. barbarian
* Strengths & weaknesses of the polis system
* Development, functioning, and limitations
of Athenian democracy.
* Relative merits of oligarchy & democracy.
Tip: re-read the debate at Hdt. pp. 66-9.
* Character & development of the Delian
League/Athenian Empire.
* Style and major themes of Herodotus and
Thucydides.
* For the Persian Wars, Peloponnesian War,
hegemonic conflicts of the 4th century, and Alexander’s conquests, you should know the basic
chronology, causes (both long-range aetia and
immediate triggers), major players (cities & individuals), big events, consequences, and their
place in later Greek memory.
* You should be able to discuss the artistic,
architectural, literary, and intellectual life and the
distinctive character of Periclean Athens.
* You should know how the 4th century is
different from the 5th, and how it got that way.
* For Philip II & Alexander: What did they
do? How did they do it? Why did they do it?
Dates: You need to have a solid idea of the
chronological framework of the things we’ve
studied, but don’t get bogged down memorizing
specific dates. For example, if you’re talking
about the Parthenon, you should know that it was
built in the middle of the 5th century, but you
don’t need to know that the construction lasted
from 447 to 438 BCE.
For primary sources, you should know a)
roughly when they lived, b) what they wrote, and
c) what they tell us that’s important for the study
of Greek history. For example, Lysias is a late
5th/early 4th cen. speechwriter who was a metic
at Athens and lost much of his property to the 30
Tyrants; his orations are an important source for
Athenian social and political history.
Periods:
Classical Period
Pentekontaetia
Hellenistic Period
Primary sources:
Aeschylus
Aristophanes
Aristotle
Demosthenes
Euripides
Herodotus
Lysias
Pausanias
Pindar
Plato
Plutarch
Sophocles
Thucydides
Xenophon (esp. Anabasis &
Hellenica)
Acropolis (Athenian)
(King) Agis
Alcibiades
(King) Alcidamus
Alexander the Great
Alexandria
Antigonus the One-Eyed
Antipater
Areopagus Council
archon
Aristeides the Just
Battle of...
Arginusae
Artemisium
Chaeronea
Cnidus
Gaugamela
Below is a list of people, places, and technical
terms that I think you should be familiar with.
These are items that might show up as IDs in Pt. I,
and words/concepts/etc. that you should be able to
throw around with confidence in your short answers & essays.
Granicus
(The) Hydaspes
Issus
Leuctra
Mantinea (2nd)
Marathon
Mycale
Plataea
Salamis
Thermopylae
Boeotian League
boule
Brasidas
Bucephalus
Cambyses
Chalcidic Federation
Cimon
cleruchy
Corinthian War
Croesus
Cyrus the Great
Darius I
Darius III
Delian League
Delphic Amphictyony
dikasteria
ekklesia
Epaminondas
Ephialtes
Exiles Decree
Funeral Oration
Gorgias
hegemon
Hephaestion
Ionian Revolt
Ionic & Doric orders
Jason of Pherae, tagos of Thessaly
King’s Peace
League of Corinth
Leonidas
Long Walls
Lysander
Megarian decree
Melian dialogue
Miltiades
Mytilenian Debate
Nicias
Olympias
ostracism
nomos v. physis
Parthenon
Pelopidas
1st Peloponnesian War
Periclean building program
Pericles
Pericles’ citizenship law
Pheidias
Philip II
Protagoras
Ptolemy/Ptolemies
Roxane
Sacred Band
satrap, satrapy
Second Athenian Confederacy
Seleucus
Sicilian Expedition
Siwah, Oracle of Zeus-Ammon
Socrates
sophist
strategos
Themistocles
Theramenes
Third Sacred War
Tribute List
trireme
The 400
The 30 Tyrants