Mark B. Wilson - HIS246

Civilizations of the Ancient World, HIS246

Quiz 6 | Week 9: Wars Between the Greeks

October 28–November 3

Instructions: Write a paragraph that answers the question analytically. Please be descriptive, be specific, and use examples.
Note: This quiz must be completed in 16 minutes, in one sitting.

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1. Did the Spartans win the Peloponnesian War, or did the Athenians lose it? Explain using examples of what Spartans did right, or what Athenians did wrong, that resulted in the Spartan victory.(4 points)

2. Who were the sophists? Why would people like Plato see them as immoral?(3 points)

3. For today you read section 4 of Clouds. What are some of the ideas “Socrates” and Strepsiades discuss for getting rid of debts and lawsuits?(3 points)

Extra Credit:

EC1. Famous tragic or comic plays from classical Athens include all of the following EXCEPT:(1 point)

(a) Lysistrata by Aristophanes, about the women of Greece denying their husbands sex until they stop the war

(b) The Oresteia by Aeschylus, about Orestes seeking revenge for the murder of Agamemnon by his wife

(d) Helaiai by Thucydides, about the murder of Herodotus by a vengeful soothsayer

EC2. The text refers to the “fundamental incompatibilities between Sparta and Athens” as part of the context for the Peloponnesian War. How were Athens and Sparta “incompatible” in this period and thus unable to coexist? How did this lead to war?(3 points)