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Greek Political Structure
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What was the ruling structure of a city-state?
What happened if you could not pay your debts?
What was the council of 400?
Who did Cleisthenes count as citizens?
What is an oligarchy?
What was ostracism?
Was the city-state of Athens a true democracy? Why/ Why not?
Spartan Lifestyle
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What was Sparta’s relationship with Athens?
What was the center of Spartan culture & society?
How did Spartan’s deal with weak or deformed infants?
What was a Spartan marriage like?
How did the status/ freedom of Spartan women compare to other Greek states?
Alexander the Great
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What was Alexander’s greatest accomplishment?
Did Alexander encourage or discourage marriage between Greeks and nonGreeks?
Alexander’s empire included sections of how many continents?
Traditionally, the later Roman generals organized their battles and let someone
else lead the charge into battle? Did Alexander follow that strategy? How do we
know?
What were the names of Alexander’s parents?
How did Alexander die?
Laocoon
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Who was Laocoon?
What was the Trojan horse?
What did Laocoon say about/ do to the horse?
What god(s) did he anger and what did the gods do?
What happened to Laocoon’s sons?
Plato
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Did Plato and Pythagorus know each other?
According to Plato, what is the ideal society like?
According to Plato, if someone is physically attractive, what do you know about
them?
According to Plato, what will education do for a man?
In Plato’s ideal world, who is best qualified to rule?
What did Plato see as the ultimate reality?
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Aristotle
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What was Aristotle’s father’s profession?
What impact might his father’s job have had on Aristotle’s philosophy?
Since Aristotle was Plato’s student, did he succeed him as head of the academy?
Did Aristotle agree with Plato’s theory of forms?
What did Aristotle see as ultimate reality?
How did Aristotle say we know the world around us?
Sophocles & the Oedipus Cycle
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Was Sophocles an author, an actor or both?
What other jobs did Sophocles have?
What is the sphinx’s riddle?
Who is Jocasta?
What does Oedipus’ fate at the end of Oedipus the king?
Who is Antigone?
What does Antigone do that causes her to be condemned to death?
Peloponnesian Wars
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What was the Spartan strategy in the war?
What was the Athenian strategy in the war?
What was the name of the peace treaty in 421 & how long did it guarantee peace?
What was the final result or outcome of the war?
Altar to Zeus at Pergamum
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What part of the altar is best known artistically?
What do the carvings on the altar depict?
What’s a Gigantomachy?
What was the name of one of the leading sculptors of the altar?
Is the altar carved in high relief or low relief?
What do the two “sides” or opponents on the altar represent?
What other 2 half-gods are helping Zeus in the fight?