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They had built the __________________, the greatest monument of the time to honor
Athena.
In 431 BCE, Pericles proposed that they attack _______________, whom they
saw as their rival.
The tension between ____________ and ______________ had been building for
decades.
Pericles believed that they could triumph if they used their ______________ to fight.
He suggested they evacuate to the harbor of _______________ and allow the fleet to
protect and feed them.
Pericles’ strategy assumed that they would win in ________ to ________ years.
Thales was the first person to measure the _______________. He did this using his
__________________.
Socrates constantly debated and talked with the _______________ people who lived in
Athens.
Meanwhile, the Spartans invaded and burnt all the ______________ around
Athens.
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Pericles convinced them not to panic but to stick to the plan. This worked until the
His biographer, Plutarch, wrote that the changes after the death of Pericles were
There was a struggle for power and many would-be-leaders appealed to the
An Athenian naval force arrived home after winning a ____________ against the
Spartans. They had sailed back to Athens without rescuing the men overboard because
The Assembly voted and the generals were sentenced to death by drinking _________.
The war against Sparta drug on for ______________ years. Neither side seemed
able to ___________. The Athenians grew frustrated and decided to send a huge
fighting force to the island of ______________ to fight against the Spartan allies there.
The Athenians found out in 413 BCE that this huge force had been _______________.
___________________ men were killed or taken prisoner in this huge loss. Historians
The ___________________ Empire had been watching the progress of the war
between Sparta and Athens. They decided to offer help to _______________. This
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enabled Sparta to build their own powerful _______________. They ______________
the city of Athens and starved the Athenians. Finally, in ___________, the Athenians
The terms of surrender required Athens to destroy all but __________ ships.
The Athenians wanted someone to blame. They focused their anger on _____________
because he had always criticized public thinking. They arrested him on charges of
This was the symbolic transformation of Athens from an Empire of Sea Power
and Wealth and Glory to an Empire of the _________________. The Greek image of a
hero transformed from a military hero to a man that followed his own_____________.