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The Acropolis was restored during Pericles’ time. Pericles’ oversight of Athens coincides directly with the life of Socrates, the great philosopher. to the beginning of the Peloponnesian Wars in 404 B.C. The Iliad and Odyssey were most likely composed in the 8th Century, B.C., not during the golden age of Pericles, which lasted from the end of the Persian Wars in 448 B.C. Athens and Sparta did align themselves against Persia in their defense of the Greek mainland.Ĩ.
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Persian forces did penetrate the Greek’s defenses and sack Athens. Greek soldiers did repel the Persian army at the battle of Marathon. Persian forces did invade the Greek mainland in retaliation for Athens’ involvement in an uprising against Persian Satraps in Asia Minor. The historical record indicates the Greeks were outnumbered by the Persians many times over. Each of the statements is true except choice (C). Aristophanes is considered the greatest author of comedies of the classical period.ħ. Pericles is the Athenian leader who incurred the resentment of other city-states in ancient Greece because of the amount of power he amassed. Alcibiades is an Athenian famous for leading the navy in a disastrous campaign in Sicily.
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Solon is the legendary reformer of the Athenian legal system. The word “Draconian” is still used today to refer to unusually harsh punishments. Draco was an Athenian who sentenced offenders to death for minor infractions. Archon refers to a governing body in Athens that assumed the duties of the former kings.Ħ. Metics is a term that refers to a class of people living in Athens who were not Athenian citizens by birth and who could not own land or run for political office. The ephorate was a governing body in Sparta. Hoplites, refers to a type of foot soldier. Members of the slave class of ancient Sparta were called helots. The word “democracy” comes from two Greek root words: demos “people” and kratia “rule.”ĥ. The capital was a mazelike structure from which we derive the term “labyrinth.” Many frescoes, or wall paintings, have been uncovered and reconstructed provide scholars a great source of information about Minoan culture.Ĥ. Knossos was the center of Minoan culture and its capital was on the island of Crete. The legendary King Minos is the namesake for the island. The remaining choices all reflect true statements, so none is the best choice for the question. Choice (C) is the best choice because Athenian culture developed more than a thousand years later than Minoan. Around 600 B.C., the Lydians of Asia Minor were one of the first to coin metal currency.ģ. The remaining choices are true: The Phoenicians developed purple dyes associated with royalty, sailing technology used all over the ancient world, an alphabet which formed the foundation of many writing systems still in use, and influential metalworking practices.Ģ. Ziggurats are tall stair-stepped towers built by Mesopotamians.