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Ancient Greece
The ancient greek civilization starts around 3200 BC with the Cycladic civilization [followed by the Minoan (2700 BC) and the Mycenean civilization (1600 BC)] and flourished from the 7th century BC to the 2nd century AD, especially in the 5th century BC with the city-states of Athens and Sparta.
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What actions did Pericles institute and support?
Defence against Persia, subordination and taxing of the Delian League city-states, use of the taxes to glorify Athenian building and the arts, intrusions into the Peloponnesian League city-states, and ultimately war with that League.
When where the Greeks defeated?
Greeks were defeated (and won) over three thousand years. When exactly did you have in mind?
Rote learner
Why are Greeks called Noble Greeks?
Greeks are called "Noble Greeks" in translations of the Homeric epics, because they are epics about the Greeks and intended for Greek audiences.
What carrot relative are carrots confused with in classical Greek and Roman documents?
Daucus carota or wild parsnip.
How did Athenians train mind and bodies of boys?
Athenians believed that a good citizen had a sharp mind and healthy body. So education meant physical training as well as book learning. Until age 6 or 7, boys were taught at home by mothers or male slaves. From age 6 to 14, boys went to school. Teachers taught reading, writing, arithmetic, and literature. Books were rare and very expensive, so subjects were read out loud and the boys had to memorize everything. To help them learn, they used writing tablets. Coaches taught sports such as wrestling and gymnastics to strengthen students muscles. Boys also studied music. They learned to sing and to play the lyre.
At 18, Athenian men began their military training. After their service, wealthy young men might study with private teachers. These teachers charged high fees for lessons in debate and public speaking that would help young men become political leaders.
Unlike boys, most girls did not learn to read or write. Girls grew up helping their mothers around the house. They were taught to cook, clean, spin thread, and weave cloth. Some also learned ancient secret songs and dances for religious festivals. Girls usually married around the age of 15. Those from wealthy families married men chosen by their fathers. Girls from poor families often had more choice.
For their incursion into mainland Greece they first gained the support of cities and tribes in Thrace and then Macedonia and Thessaly, through which they had to pass. They also spread money lavishly around in central Greece and this brought in to their side Thebes, Phocia and other Boeotian cities, Locris, Malis, Thessaly, adding another 40,000 to their army.
The rest of the Persian forces were not allies as they were part of the Persian Empire (Egypt, Phoenicia, Mesopotamia etc), and provided military and naval forces as directed.
What is Solon known for in Greek history?
Solon, known to some as one of the seven wise men of Greece, came from a charitable, wealthy, Athenian family. Born in the seventh century BCE, he is the first Athenian figure known to historians by name, and he is said to have traced his lineage back ten generations to Hercules. Solon is renowned for his judicial contributions to Athenian law, and for such fame he now has a marble relief portrait outside the House of Representatives Chamber today. He instituted the seisachtheia or "the shaking off of burdens" in which his law nullified all debts and pledges of servitude, outlawed the enslavement of persons on account of their debts, and limited the quantity of land a man could possess. It was uncommon for such reforms to come from a man of aristocratic background, yet it is believed that he instituted these reforms out of a love for Athens' democracy and a fear of tyranny.
Most of Solon's known accomplishments are documented in Plutarch's Lives, the source of the preceding quote. Plutarch supplies the quote twice, saying of Solon first, "There is no doubt that he was a lover of knowledge, for even when he was far advanced in years he could still say 'I never cease to learn as I grow old,' " and again, later, he states, "Certainly, as far as leisure is concerned, his own verses tell us that he had plenty of it: 'I never cease to learn as I grow old.'" The wording of this quote, however, leaves room for interpretation, for didasko/menoj could be passive, "being taught" or middle, "teaching myself." Whatever the translation, this quote and it's context in Plutarch's Lives provide considerable insight into the personality of Solon.
Was Philip II a great orator who opposed the Greek attack on Persia?
On the contrary he united the Hellenes under his rule and planned an invasion of Persia as retribution for the Persian wars and to stop Persia who was oppressing Greek colonies in Asia Minor. He died however before this happened, and after his son Alexander III the Great reasserted his leadership of the Hellenes, he continued his fathers plan and conquered most of the then known world.
What are the two greek city-states that tried to stop Philip the seconds invasion?
Thebes and Athens raised a small army to stop the invasion.
What happen to Sparta after leonidas died?
after the death of king leonidas, it ends there, then i went.. i'm waiting until now for the part 2 of 300
The Greek scientist Aristarchus was the first person to suggest what?
He first suggested that the Earth (and the other planets that were then known) rotated around the Sun instead of the other way around.
What is a summary of the battle of marathon?
Persia sent a punitive expedition against Eretria and Athens for their role in supporting the Ionian revolt against Persian rule. Eretria was captured but Athens resisted and defeated the Persian force on the plain of Marathon.
I think this question may be a bit muddled. The most famous Leonidas is probably King Leonidas I of Sparta, who fought and died at the Battle of Thermopylae. A Phalanx, meanwhile, is a military formation involving large numbers of men with long 'spears' moving in a solid block (A simplistic definition). Clearly, Leonidas could not have been this.
If the question meant "Was Leonidas a fighter in a Phalanx?", the answer is that it is unknown. Although Herodotus indicates he fought on foot, he may or may not have wielded a long spear in a phalanx.
Leonidas certainly commanded a phalanx, so if that is the question... The answer is yes!
As far as we know, the idea of the earth rotating around the sun was all his own work. His contemporaries sought his execution for impiety for challenging their idea of Earth as centre of the universe.
