Card 21
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homer
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author of the iliad
HIR
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Card 22
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hesiod
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author of works and days (I think he romanticized farmer life)
Card 23
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lycurgus
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guy who made laws in sparta, said everyone should be able to fight
Card 24
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olympic games
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776 BC, brings some greek unity
Card 25
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oracle of delphi
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oracle that signifies shared greek culture
Card 26
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corinth
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city (I think) founded by Dorians, important trading hub but Athens stole some of its glory so it preferred siding with sparta
Card 27
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sparta
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warlike city in Greece
Card 28
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etruscans
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lived in the north of italy, also trading hub, had some friction with greeks because of that
Card 29
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proxenoi
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kind of diplomats, 'offical friends' with benefits (like tax exempts)
Card 30
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orators
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guys who give speeches but usually the outcome was already decided before (pelop. War)
Card 31
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solon
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athenian who conquered salamis
Card 32
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athens
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trading city, in competition with corinth, after salamis annexation: thriving
Card 33
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peloponnesian wars
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431-404 war between sparta and athens, started in epidamnos => calls on greater powers
Card 34
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herodotus
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historian, wrote about greco-persian wars
Card 35
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thucydides
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historian, wrote about peloponesian war
Card 36
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themistocles
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athenian statesman, saved greece from persians (after leonidas failed at thermophylae)
Card 37
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alexander the great
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son of philip II, macedonian
Card 38
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macedonia
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kingdom north of greece, unified greece against persians (league of corinth)
Card 39
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demosthenes
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anti-macedonian athenian statesman, great orator
Card 40
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punic wars
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264-146 BC carthage vs rome, starts when messina (sicily) asks rome for help and carthage feels insulted
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