Exam 3: Classical and Hellenistic Greece

The ________ brought an end to Sparta's expansion in Asia and caused the eventual destruction of its maritime empire.

In 399 b.c.e., an Athenian jury condemned ________ to death on the charges of bringing new gods into the city and of corrupting the youth.

With regard to law, traditional Sophists argued that ________.

The Macedonian cavalry was made up of nobles and clan leaders called ________.

In 335 b.c.e., Alexander III (Alexander the Great), pursuing his father's goal, began his plan to conquer ________.

A literary genre called ________ presented a comic-realistic depiction of daily life, turning the attention away from the weakened structure of the polis.

In 386 b.c.e., Plato founded the ________, a center of philosophical investigation and a school for training statesmen and citizens.

What best describes the relationship Athens had with Sparta under the rule of Cimon?

Dramatists such as Aeschylus and Sophocles are considered prime examples of what genre of Greek writing?

A relative of Darius of Persia named Bessus ________.

Which of the following best describes Greek life, thought, art, and literature in the century and a half prior to Macedonian conquest?

After divorcing his first wife, Pericles entered into a liaison with a female companion from Miletus named ________.

Unlike earlier times, when independent men owned and worked relatively small and equal lots of the polis, the ________ were reduced to subordinate, dependent peasant status.

________ established the theory of the lever in mechanics and invented hydrostatics.

Greek religion did not emphasize moral conduct to orthodox belief, but rather the faithful practice of ________ meant to win the favor of the gods.

After peace was achieved with Persia, why did the Athenians continue collecting funds from the Delian League members?

A Hellenistic scientist named ________ was able to calculate the circumference of the earth within two hundred miles.

The disastrous Great Peloponnesian War was ignited in 435 b.c.e., ten years after the Thirty Years' Peace of 445 b.c.e., because of a dispute between ________.

The term "________" was coined in the nineteenth century to describe the period of three centuries during which Greek culture spread far from its homeland to Egypt and deep into Asia.

Which of the following best describes the military strategy employed by the Spartans?