answersLogoWhite

0

🤝

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.

10,833 Questions

What geographic features caused the development of strong city states?

Tribes took over a patch of fertile land on a lake or river for water and fishing, and farmed it. They also needed a high place (acropolis) on which to establish a defensive fortress to retire to when attacked by other Greek tribes or nomads. As population expanded they built houses around the acropolis , which became cities, and so the city-state was established.

Who was considered the head of household in Ancient Greece?

The husband in ancient Greece - with the exception of Sparta - had power of life and death over his wife and young children, so that should answer the question. In many Greek States women were confined to womens' quarters in the house and generally they were legally nothing more than the "possession" of their husbands. Of course, then as now you would find tolerant or even hen-pecked husbands regardless of what the law said.

What building has Corinthian columns in the US?

Many buildings have Corinthian columns. The oldest one is the Temple of Apollo in Greece.

What are the aristotle's three unities?

Place: a play should be set in only one location. Time: a play should only represent the happenings of one day; the events of the past are recounted by characters. Action: only actions and scenes relating to the main plot should be included; any unnecessary subplots should be omitted.

How long did the golden age of Greece last?

Almost all of the 5th cenury BC. Most commonly it is referred to the second half of the century (448-404) also know as the age of Pericles.

Why were many of the Greek poli (city-states) unhappy with Athens in the years before the Peloponnesian War?

After the Persian invasion of Greece was turned back in 479 BCE under the leadership of Sparta, Athens took over leadership of the city-states in Asia Minor which had been liberated from Persian rule and formed them into the Delian League as a defensive alliance. After 30 years of failed attempts to reclaim the cities, Persia gave up and left the League to its own devices. Even with the threat gone, Athens continued to collect the annual tax which funded the League, by force where necessary, and spent the money on itself and on maintaining the navy which enforced the tax.

Athenian inscriptions show heavy casualties of its army each year, including years in which Athens was not fighting any war with its neighbours or Persia, so these arose from its annual tax enforcement. This enforcement went as far as assaulting, capturing and looting recalcitrant cities of the League, which Athens had converted to an empire. One city Mytilene had its people sold into slavery as an example to the others; the citizens of Samos were branded in the forehead to remind them not to revolt again.

The proceeds - originally to pay for the navy which protected them from Persia - were spent by Athens on beautifying its city (Parthenon etc) and putting half of Athens' citizens on its public payroll. And not satisfied with this empire, Athens started standing over cities of the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta, culminating with trying to bankrupt Megara, a member of that league. At the behest of the League, Sparta demanded that Athens back off, it refused, and all out war ensued.

What kind of jobs did plebeian women have?

The Plebs were those Roman citizens who were not Patricians. The Patricians were a small minority of the oldest and best families. This meant that the Plebeians covered all the areas of employment. They were consuls, praetors, provincial governors, senators, landowners, merchants, farmers, artisans, tax collectors, soldiers, sailors, labourers, lawyers, philosophers, poets, playwrights, you name it, they did it - 'rich man, poor man, beggarman, thief' as the rhyme used to say. Think of Pompey the Great and Cicero. The lowest class were the Proles. The proletarians were those of the Plebs without any property. Prole means 'breeder' - the wry implication being that all the proles gave to the state was children.

How did monarchies fade in ancient Greece?

The Monarchy of Athens declined in ancient Greece because the king made unfair laws and kept all the wealth to himself and his aristocrats. In the end he was overthrown by his own advisers and oligarchy rose.

How did did the development of democracy in Athens affect the lives of ordinary citizens?

In the radical period introduced by Pericles all citizens voted in the Assembly each fortnight and the Council implemented their decisions. They also manned the juries of 500 which determined on legal matters. And the funds extorted from Athens' empire put half the citizens on the public payroll.

What important questions about life did Greek philosophers try to answer?

The Greek philosophers tried to discover why the earth acted like it did. They thought gods controlled the forces or nature, so they made different myths about why things happend like they did.

How did Athenian citizenship be determined?

You had to be a freeborn male born in Athens from Athenian parents.

The Greek orator tried to warn the Greeks that Philip was a threat to their independence.?

Demosthenes was the famous Athenian orator and statesman who tried to warn Athenians of the threat that Philip II of Macedon posed to Athenian independence and Athenian dominance over the rest of Greece. Living from 384-322 BC (or, BCE), he later participated as a leader in the Athenian revolt against Philip's son, Alexander the Great in order to reclaim leadership of the Greek states.

Who killed Agamemnon?

Aegisthus and Clytemnestra both played a part in Agamemnon's death, however there are two versions of who physically killed Agamemnon. In book 3 of The Odyssey, it was Aegisthus who plotted and killed Agamemnon. In Aeschylus' tragedy Agamemnon, Aeschylus changed the killer to Clytemnestra. The murder was avenged by the son Orestes. The Odyssey simply mentioned that Orestes avenged Agamemnon's death by killing both Aegisthus and Clytemnestra. In Libation Bearers, Aeschylus developed a complete plot and went into details why and how Orestes accomplished his matricide. Killing one's parents is against nature in Greek mythological tradition, thus Orestes was tried in an Athenian court by an Athenian jury with Apollo as his defense lawyer, and Athena as the presiding judge. The jury was deadlocked and Athena casted the deciding vote. You may want to read The Eumenides, the last of The Oresteiatrilogy by Aeschylus to find out whether Orestes was found guilty or not!

How do present day Greeks entertain themselves?

Same as everyone else in Europe, there are bars, discos, music halls, theater, cinemas, sporting venues etc..

What did ancient greek people sleep on?

Rich Greeks would of had bedrooms with beds made of wood and have weaving of wood to hold the hay/leaves with fabric for blankets.

Poor Greeks would normally sleep on the floor with a scattering of hay/leaves.

What was the ancient argos military powerful?

Argos was fairly powerful in military until around the late 4th century BC.

How did Greeks treat their guests?

they tended to get along, and have many feasts together. at times though it seemed quite common to have greek neighbours at war so to speak with each other.

hope that helped xo

How was Sparta finally able to defeat Athens in the Peloponnesian War?

Persia gave the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta the money to build a fleet of warships equal to Athens', and to pay the crews at double the Athenian rate to attract the best sailors.

At the confrontation of the two fleets at Aigospotomai, Spartan commander Lysander waited until the Athenian ships crews were on shore buying their food from the local market and swooped on them, taking most on the beach before they could get to sea to fight.

With its fleet gone, Athens was besieged with no means of importing food, and eventually had to surrender.

Why did the Peloponnesian war begin and what happened and who won?

1. Why - Rivalry between the Athenian empire and the Peloponnesian League.

2. What - They fought on and off for 27 years, devastating the Greek world.

3. The Peloponnesian League defeated the Athenian empire.