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Ancient Greece Worksheet
chapter eight, pp. 159-173

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1. Taking the advice of Alcibiades, the Spartans built a _______ in Attica so that they could _______ the Athenian countryside all year long. This made __________ in the countryside even more dangerous, so Athens had to rely more and more on ________ food.
2. To make matters worse, Athens lost 20,000 ______, which cut off a significant source of the city-state’s wealth.
3. This turmoil led to the replacement of the Athenian council of 500 with a ______ of ____ officials.
4. Meanwhile, _______, an old nemesis of Athens, began to support Sparta financially and some of Athens’ _________ rebelled by withdrawing from the ________ League. This was dangerous for Athens because it threatened the _________ lanes that brought Athens _______ from Egypt and the shores of the Baltic Sea.
5. In responses to these crises, Athens began to rebuilt its _______ and to train new _____ to man it. The city-state used emergency funds stored on the ___________.
6. As turmoil struck Athens, some powerful men staged what amount to an ________ coup d’etat. To sweeten the deal, it was revealed that Alcibiades offered to enlist funds from __________ if Athens would overthrow its democracy. Thus the real power in Athens was turned over to a group of ____ men.
7. Fortunately, democracy was restored when the Athenian war _____ threatened to overthrow the men by force. A ______ government called the __________ of the Five Thousand was created and __________ and others were called back from exile to help improve the Athenian _________ leadership.
8. With the exiles returned, the Athenian ________ won a great victory over the ________ in 410 B.C. The victorious crew demanded and got the restoration of full ____________ in Athens.
9. Once again, Sparta offered _______ and was spurned by the Athenians, who went on to reestablish the safety of the ______ routes.
10. The Spartan commander __________ used _____ money to rebuild the Persian fleet, which doomed Athens. He decisively defeated the Athenian fleet in ____ B.C., and subsequently _________ Athens. This caused Athens to ________ in 404 B.C.
11. The Spartan leaders resisted the demand of their _____________ allies that Athens be totally ___________. Instead they installed a regime of ____________ Athenian collaborators known as the Thirty ________. The embarked on a reign of terror that lasted for ____ months.
12. The terror ended when a pro-democracy ________ movement came to power in Athens after a series of _____ battles in 403 B.C. They proclaimed a general _____________, the first known in Western history.
13. The long years of war took a toll on the _________ life of Athenians. _______ without wealth whose spouses were killed in war experienced a particularly difficult time. The hardest hit may have been the many people who lived outside the ______ of Athens’ city center.
14. The ______ situation in Athens was such that citizens were required to turn in their ______ coins for an emergency currency of silver-plated _______ coins. These coins were used to pay _______ expenses.
15. The stresses of everyday life were reflected in the Athenian ______ produced during the Peloponnesian War.
16. When one Athenian leader did not like how he was portrayed in a play by Aristophanes, he ______ the playwright (and lost).
17. Slashing _______ directed against the mass of ordinary citizens seems to have been unacceptable in Athenian comedy.
18. The traditional institution of the Athenian __________ survived the war as the fundamental _______ of the city-state’s society and economy.
19. Many Athenian households lost ________, _________, or _________ in the Peloponnesian War.
20. The ______ of Athenian trade was restored when the ___________ that connected the city and the port of Piraeus were rebuilt by 393 B.C. This allowed them to resume importing ________ from Egypt.
21. Another sign of Athens’ economic recovery after the war was that they resumed minting ________ coins.
22. After the war, _______ owners worked hard to restore their land. This included replanting ________ trees that the Spartans had cut down.
23. Few ________ slaves ran away, and all but the poorest Athenians continued to have ____ or ____ slaves do household ______ and look after the ________.
24. The most famous episode in Athenian history in the aftermath of the Peloponnesian War was the trial, conviction, and execution of __________. He believed that _________ was better than ___________ in all circumstances. He gave new direction to Greek philosophy by putting an emphasis on _________. His lived his life in _____ and publicly discounted ________ possessions. He served as a ________ in the army and supported a _______ and several __________. He received gifts from _______ admirers. According to Xenophon, he had a stomach “somewhat too large to be ______________.” He never wore ______ and could _______ anyone at a symposium. He was the ‘inventor’ of the ________ method. Those he questioned often felt as if they had been stung by a ____________. He believed that virtue was identical to _____________.
25. The men of Athens accused this wise philosopher of questioning Athenian __________ and corrupting _______ men in the process. (The playwright __________ portrayed in him as a cynical __________ who taught a young man that it a son had a right to _______ his parents.) He was linked with two of his followers, _________ and ___________. Since he could not be charged with certain political crimes under the amnesty, he was instead charged with ___________, a serious crime. The case was argued before a _____ of 501 men. The philosopher spoke in his own ___________. He argued that “no evil can befall a ____ man, either in life or in death.” He died by drinking a poisonous drink made from powdered ____________. After his death, Xenophon said that the late philosopher “was the most helpful of all in learning about _______________.”

Short answer

1. How did the Peloponnesian War change the domestic life of Athenians?









2. Discuss the comic plays of this time in Athens.










3. Summarize the plots of three of the comedies of Aristophanes.












4. How did households that lost men in the Peloponnesian War make ends meet?












5. Discuss the Athenian diet in the aftermath of the Peloponnesian War.











6. Summarize the trial of the wise philosopher, which took place in 399 B.C.