Exam I

Vocabulary:

• Ionia
• elegxos (elenchos)
• dialectic
• Method of Hypothesis
• apologia
• texne (techne)
• episteme
• therapeia
• transmigration
• Prytaneum
• The Divided Line
• Allegory of the Cave
• sophist
• aretai(e)
• psuxe (psyche)

Names to Know:

• The Delean League
• The Peloponnesian League
• Perikles (Pericles)
• Alkibides (Alcibides)
• Kritias
• Phaenarete
• Sokrates
• Plato
• Aristophanes
• Strepsiades
• Pheidippides
• The Clouds
• Thirty Tyrants
• Anaxagoras
• Xaerephon (Chaeraphon)
• Aristokles
• The Euthuphro
• The Apology
• The Krito
• The Phaedo
• The Republic
• Meletos
• Anutos
• Lukon
• Pythia

Things to Know: short answer, listing, and essay

• Who was Sokrates' mother and what is the significance of her occupation?
• From the Ancient period, who are the three main sources on the life and work of Sokrates?
• What is the problem of the historical Sokrates?
• Why is Euthuphro prosecuting his father?
• What is Euthuphro’s prefered definition of piety?
• What is the so-called "Euthuphro Dilemma"?
• Sokrates defends himself against two different sets of charges; what are they and how are they different?
• What is the Delphic Oracle and what does she declair?
• At the end of the Apology Sokrates gives an argument to prove that we ought not fear death. What is the argument?
• What are the five cardinal virtues in Greek culture?
• What arguments does Krito give Sokrates to convince him to escape Athens?
• How does Sokrates refute Krito’s arguments?
• What are the three general principles of action that Sokrates and Krito agree to?
• What arguments does Sokrates give to convince Krito the he ought not escape Athens?
• What are the two main interpretive models of Plato’s dialogues; how are they similar and different?
• Be prepared to discuss Plato's docrtine of the soul as outlined in Phaedo
• According to Sokrates in the Phaedo, what is the purpose of doing Philosophy?
• According to Plato, who are the three classes of citizens in the ideal polis?
• According to Plato, what kind of person is best suited to rule in the ideal city, and why?
• What is the definition of justice in the polis?
• What is the definition of justice in the soul?
• Be prepared to compare Plato’s Divided Line and the Allegory of the Cave.