Ancient Literature for week of 12/12/05--12/16/05

Questions on Themistocles
Note: “T” in these questions refers to Themistocles
#3: What was principle motivation for Themistocles, who was his chief opponent, and what was that opponent’s motivation?
#4: What two options did the Athenians discuss for the silver of Laurium? What did “T” favor? Did he prevail?
#5: Who was more ambitious than “T”? What did he have a popular lute-player of Athens do & why?
*Name 3 things “T” did to make himself popular with the common people. Do any of these three things remind you of anyone in scripture?
#6—What was his greatest achievement?
#9—What are the events at Thermopylae referred to in the first sentence & when did this occur?
#10—What was his plan to save Athens? How did he convince the reluctant Athenians?
#12—How did he trick Xerxes into attacking the Greek fleet with his fleet?
#14 & #15: How were the Greeks able to defeat the superior Persian fleet at Salamis?
#16—How did “T” trick Xerxes into leaving Greece after the naval defeat?
#18—When “T” was the elected commander of the Athenian fleet what did he do to make himself appear more important?
*Why did T jokingly call his son the most powerful person in Greece?
#20—What was T’s plan for making Athens the supreme Greek naval power, who opposed it, and who prevailed?
#21—What were T’s words when he tried to extort money from the people of Andros & what was their reply?
#22—What does Plutarch say ostracism is not and is?
*Does scripture support this egalitarian view? Can you think of any examples in scripture where people were opposed simply because others didn’t think they should be considered better?
#23-#29---How did T come to live & prosper in Persian territory?
#31—How did T die?