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Why do historians consider the Greek victory over the far more numerous Persians during the great Persian invasion of 480-479 B.C.E. to have been truly remarkable?

The Greeks so valued their political freedom that they joined forces to preserve it.

The majority of Athens's population consisted of

individuals who lacked political rights.

The Parthenon's frieze exemplifies Athenian confidence because it portrays

the Athenians in the presence of the gods.

What does "the Socratic method" refer to?

A manner of teaching that features relentless questioning

Why did the Persians believe that the Athenians had agreed to behave as loyal Persian subjects?

The Athenian diplomats offered the Persians tokens that signified Athens's submission to Persian authority.

How did ordinary male citizens contribute to the development of Athenian radical democracy?

They pressed for judicial reform and equal treatment under the law.

Why did some Athenians criticize democracy and argue in favor of an oligarchy?

They worried that the poor, who lacked proper education and moral values, would exploit majority rule to pass laws against the wealthy.

Golden Age sculptors shattered traditions from the Archaic Age not only by creating realistic and perfectly formed bodies, but also by

depicting their subjects in a state of movement.

Greek warships propelled by 170 rowers on three levels and equipped with a battering ram at the bow were known as

triremes.

Aristophanes, an Athenian playwright whose comedies made harsh references to prominent leaders,

won a lawsuit filed against him by a major Athenian political figure who disliked the way he was portrayed in one of Aristophanes' comedies.


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