Fall '05 GkCiv-Review 4

Review Sheet: Post-Classical Ages

Rowdies, Rogues, and Robbers (Kebric, Ch 7 & class notes)

Intro to the Law courts at Athens:

Who could propose laws, where were they located?

Who were jurors, how much were they paid, how did they vote, and how large were the juries?

What is a water clock and how was it used?

What were the steps and their corresponding procedures of a private case prior to the case coming before a jury?

Procedures of the trial itself?

Ways a murder trial was different from private case?

Types of evidence acceptable? Restrictions on slave testimony; on female testimony?

Terms: proklesis, summoners, magistrate, graphe, antigraphe, anakrisis, arbitrator, thesmothetai, atimia

5 cases discussed by Kebric

know the basic plots of all
People:

Eratothenes, Euphiletus & family, former mistress

Ariston, Conon, Conon's sons
Philoneos, his concubine, his friend, his friend's wife & sons
Diodotus, Diogeiton, Diogeiton's wife & sons, Phaedrus
Phormio, Chrysippus, Lampis

Philip II (382-336) & the Rise of Macedon (Pomeroy, Ch 10)

Were the Macedonians Greek? Modern answer/ancient Greek answer
Some ways the macedonians were different--(how like Dark Age/Homeric Greeks?)
Predecessors to Philip II: Amyntas I & Persia; Alexander I & Olympics; Archelaus & poets
Why was his stay in Thebes in 367-365 as a hostage important?
How did he change the Macedonian military?
Athens & Philip: Why was Athens at odds with Philip? Effects of Theoric Fund at Athens; effects of Peace of Philocrates; Battle of Chaeronea-treatment of Thebes vs Athens
What were the two main aims of the League of Corinth? How did he die?

Alexander III (the Great) (356-323) (Pomeroy, Ch 11)

What did Alexander inherit at age 20 with his ascension to the throne?
How did Alexander consolidate his power?
Invasion of Asia: Theatrics? Granicus? Issus? Darius III? March along the coast?
What did he learn in Egypt from Zeus Ammon? Significance?
Offer of Darius III? Battle of Gaugamela
What other areas did Alexander conquer?
Alexander's new approach & tension with army
Why did he finally turn back?
What did he die of?
What were his political and cultural visions for his empire?
How did he promote Hellenism?

Movie

Know the plot and the themes of honor, fame, greed, love, expediency (results vs honor)
Characters: Agamemnon, Menelaus, Helen, Odysseus, Ajax, Achilles, Patroclus, Hector, Paris, Priam, Andromache, Briseis, Trojan priest/prophet

Food and Drink in Ancient Greece

What are the five parts of a typical Greek dinner?

What are some of the typical foods for each of these parts?

The most common staples are? The most common protein foods are?

When did people (men and women) eat and how did they eat?

What is a symposium? Who attended, what happened, etc?

Possible Essay Questions

Religion: Is the role of the gods in the movie more like that of Thucydides' or that of Herodotus' approach? Discuss. Significance? As usual, use only the movie and the passages we read from Thucydides and Herodotus as your evidence.

"Survivor: Ancient Greece" on the "History" channel. Determine, based on the evidence and the criterion below, who would win and who not and why.

Contestants: Socrates, Philip II, Alexander the Great, and "Achilles" (from the movie)
Evidence: Plato's Apology, Pomeroy on Philip and Alexander, the movie for "Achilles"
Criterion: who made the most significant and/or pervasive contribution to modern Western society?

"CSI: Ancient Greece: Casting has begun for the show. What parts/roles would you assign to Socrates, Philip II, Alexander the Great, and one individual from the movie and why? Pay attention, as usual, to the character of these individuals.