Study Sheet for Final
Note: with respect to specific knowledge (such as exact dates), the
chronological limits for the final examination are 404-221. ID's and short
answers will pertain only to those years. For the essay questions,
however, familiarity with people and events of other time periods, both
earlier and later, will be essential. It would be difficult, for example,
to compare Athenian and Spartan hegemony without knowing specific things
about what the Athenians did during the fifth century. You should know
about important people, places, and events of the fifth century and
earlier. See end of file for general topics for essays. Sample essay
The format of the final is as follows: There are 24 ID's divided into
two columns (12 in each column): one column is "what/where", one is "who".
You have to answer two from each column. There are 25 questions requiring
short answers and you have to answer 15. There are several essays from
which to choose the one you want to write about.
The following lists contain items which may be considered fair game for
ID's and short answers, and which it will be very useful to know to write
a persuasive essay. Most of the places and not a few of the terms and
people have appeared on previous study sheets.
What/Where
Achaean League
Acragas
Aegina
Aetolian League
Amphipolis
Arcadian League
Argos
Battle of Chaeroneia
Battle of Cnidus
Battle of Coronea
Battle of Crannon
Battle of Crocus Field
Battle of Cunaxa
Battle of Gaugamela
Battle of Haliartus
Battle of Ipsus
Battle of Issus
Battle of Leuctra
(Second) Battle of Mantinea
Battle of Megalopolis
Battle of Nemea River
Battle of Neon
Battle of River Granicus
Battle of Sellasia
Battle of Tegyra
Boiotian League
Byzantion
Carthage
Chalcidian League
Chalcis
cleruchy
Congress at Susa
Corcyra
Corinth
Cyprus
decarchy
Delphi
eisphora
Elis
Gela
harmost
King's Peace/Peace of Antalkidas
Lamian War
long walls
Mantinea
medizing
Megalopolis
Megara
Messana (not the same as Messene)
Messene
Miletus
Mt. Pangaion
Naupactus
Olynthos
Orchomenos
Peace of Callias (4th century)
Peace of Philocrates
Peiraeus
peltast
Persepolis
Phocis
Phoenicia
Plataea
Poteidaia
proskynesis
prytany
Punic wars (fourth century)
Pydna
Rhegion
Rome
Sacred Band
(Third) Sacred War
Samos
satrapy
Second Athenian Confederacy
Sicel War
Sparta
strategos autokrator
Susa
Syracuse
Tarentum (Taras)
Tearless Battle
Tegea
Thasos
theoric fund
Thermopylae
Thessaly
Thirty tyrants
Thracian Chersonesus
Treaty of Corinth
Who
Agesilaus
Agis III
Agis IV
Aischines
Alexander III
Alexander of Pherae
Antalcidas
Antigonos Doson
Antigonos Gonatas
Antigonos One-Eye
Antipater
Antiphon
Aratus
Archelaus
Archidamus III
Aristophanes
Aristotle
Artaxerxes II Mnemon
Artaxerxes III Ochus
Callisthenes
Callistratus
Cassander
Chabrias
Chares
Cinadon
Cleitus
Cleombrotus
Cleomenes III
Conon
Critias
Cyrus II
Darius II
Darius III
Demetrius II (the Fair)
Demetrius of Phalerum
Demetrius Poliorcetes
Demosthenes (orator/politician, 4th c.)
Dion
Dionysius I
Dionysius II
Epaminondas
Epicurus
Eubulus
Evagoras
Hermocrates
Himilco
Hypereides
Illyrians
Iphicrates
Isocrates
Jason of Pherae
Leosthenes
Lycomedes
Lycurgus (Athenian)
Lysander
Lysias
Lysimachus
Mamertines
Mausolus
Olympias
Onomarchus
Paeonians
Parmenion
Pausanias (king)
Peisander
Pelopidas
Perdiccas
Pharnabazus
Philip II
Philomelus
Phoebidas
Phrynichus (politician)
Plato
Ptolemy son of Lagos (Ptolemy I)
Ptolemy II Philadelphus
Pyrrhus
Seleukos
Sicels
Socrates
Sphodrias
Theramenes
Thrasybulus
Timoleon
Timotheus
Tissaphernes
Xenophon
Zeno (Stoic)
Essay topics for final examination
The topics described below will be used as the basis for essays on the
final examination, although not all of these topics will necessarily be
represented on the final. In all cases, even when not specified here, the
emphasis is twofold: (a) understanding of economic, military, political,
social phenomena and events in the fourth and third centuries BCE and (b)
extent to which these developments continue or depart from practices of
the archaic age and fifth century.
The individual and the collective: rights and responsibilities of citizens
and non-citizens
Individuals in history at different eras: their ability to influence
events, their spheres of activity; public perception of extraordinary
individuals
Polis economy, agrarians and manufacturers
Superpowers: appeals by the smaller poleis to a stronger power, Greek
or foreign
Changes in military tactics
Tyrannny in the archaic and late classical periods: causes, effects,
activities of tyrants
Formation and operation of federal states
The fate and aspirations of Greeks in Asia Minor
Sparta's role and influence in the Peloponnesos (fourth and third
centuries)
Corinth, Argos, and other states and geographical areas in the
Peloponnesos
Thessaly, Boiotia (especially Thebes), and central Greece (especially
Phocis)
Athenian naval leagues and imperial aspirations
Macedon and relations with the Greek states
Activities of the western Greeks: internal politics, relations with
other Greeks and with western powers
Propaganda of freedom and liberation
Cold wars, sacred wars, pretexts for wars
Hegemony versus autonomy
Power and responsibility: formulation and implementation of public
policy
Public largesse and public policy
Formation of Hellenistic kingdoms