Review
Sheet:
End
of
Classical
to Hellenistic
The Apology of Plato
(427-348 B.C.); Socrates (469-399 B.C.)
- Consider the manner in which Socrates (according to
Plato) defended himself.
- What were the various charges?
- In particular, what were the
slanderous
charges (p.20) and
- what were the actual charges lodged against
Socrates
(p. 25)?
- Who were the accusers?
- Which charges is Socrates most
concerned with?
- Who was Chaerephon and how did he set Socrates on his
mission in life?
- In what way was Socrates the wisest?
- What was Socrates' daimon (i.e. "familiar oracle
within me"
in 3rd speech on p 39) and how did it function somewhat like
our conscience?
- How was Socrates' arete similar to yet
quite
different from that of the Homeric heroes (or Olympic victors)?
- In what
way was Socrates the
gadfly of Athens?
- After being convicted what penalty did Socrates propose
himself?
- Why did Socrates not go into exile?
- Why did Socrates not fear
death?
- How can Socrates be described as a martyr?
- Does the trial and
execution
of Socrates represent a radical change in the nature of Athens or is it
an aberration symptomatic of the times?
Rowdies,
Rogues,
and
Robbers
(Kebric,
Ch 7 & Pomeroy, 235-238)
- 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 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: prosklesis, graphe, antegraphe, anakrisis,
dicast, dicasteries, kleroterion, graphe
paranomon, 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
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?
Hellenistic Age
(323-146) (Pomeroy, Ch 12)
- Hellenistic Society (New Opportunities in a Colonial World)
- Why the new
opportunities?
- For whom?
- Doing what?
- Women?
- What does the marriage
document tell us?
- Alexandria and Hellenistic Culture
- Alexandria: founded by? transformed by? Pharos?
"Museum:" what was it, famous works.
- People to know: Theocritus, Callimachus, Apollonius of
Rhodes, Euhemerus
- The Visual Arts: What are the key trends in art and how
are they reflective of the age?
How is realism portrayed?
- Scholarship and Science: Herophilus, Erasistratus (both
books), Euclid, emphasis in general?
- Social Relations in the Hellenistic World
- The Place of Non-Greeks: two views are? How native
Egyptian religious families treated; village officials? Pomeroy's view
overall?
- Hellenistic Religion: Examples of assimilation &
adaption? Sarapis?
- What did the establishment of the Hellenistic Kingdoms
mark the end of? Why?
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 (handout)
- Deipnon: What are
the five parts of a typical
Greek dinner? What are some of the typical foods for
each of these parts?
- Andron: What is
an andron, features, etc.?
- Feasts/Banquets:
What are some common features between the Public Banquet and the
private banquet of Philonexus? Differences? Women? Priests?
- Homer: role of
host? value of communal feasting?
- Foods of the Greeks:
How is cheese different & similar to today? Protein:
themes
to
what
proteins
they ate? What is garos? How
are
fruits
organized? How are wines different from most wines today?
Similar?
Possible
Essay
Questions
Women: As a movie
critic, evaluate how accurately the movie portrays 2-3 of the following
the women (Helen, Andromache, Briseis, Thetis). Use as your benchmark
the women in Kebric's chapter 7.
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.
"CSI: Ancient Greece" or
"Heroes: Ancient Greece:"
Casting has begun
for the show. What parts/roles would you assign to Socrates and why? To
any two individual from the movie and why (or to one individual from
the movie and Alexander the Great)? Pay
attention to the character
of these individuals in determining what role/part each would have. For
Socrates, use only the Apology, for Alexander the Great use only
Pomeroy or Kebric (but I didn't ask you to read the section in Kebric).
For the movie, use solely the movie (or the script available on-line
from here or here).
Time Portal: Based
solely on the character
of these individuals (as evidenced in our readings/the movie only),
whom would want to visit the past as? Whom not? (same people to chose
from as CSI above and same restrictions for evidence).