Prehistoric Greece
The author of the Iliad and the Odyssey
Who is Homer?
The period from 1100-800 BC that marked the end of the Mycenaean civilization and the beginning of the settlement of Greek islands and city states
What are the Dark Ages?
The famous temple dedicated to Athens' patron goddess
What is the Parthenon?
Alexander the Great's successors
Who are the diadochi?
The first sole ruler of the Roman Empire
Who is King Constantine I?
The wealthy German Homer enthusiast who found the city of Troy
Who is Heinrich Schliemann?
The principal ruling members of Greece under oligarchic rule in 8th and 7th centuries BC
What are archons?
Greek general who wrote about the Peloponnesian War and the plague in his History of the Peloponnesian War
Who is Thukydides?
A pupil of Plato who tutored King Phillip II's son
Who is Aristotle?
The cause of the first Punic War
What is the possession of Sicily?
Odysseus' home island
What is Ithaka?
The Athenian statesman known as the "Father of Democracy" for his many reforms of Greek government and society
Who is Solon?
The great Athenian statesman who led Athens to its zenith during the Golden Age
Who is Perikles?
Who is Phillip III?
The last Greek ruler of Egypt
Who is Cleopatra VII?
The island where a massive, civilization ending eruption occurred
What is Thera?
The wealthy king of Lydia who ruled over Greece and was later conquered by the Persians
Who is Croesus?
One of the largest Greek mercenary forces who fought under Xenophon to oust Cyrus the Younger's brother from the Persian throne
What is the March of the Ten Thousand?
General of Egypt and created a dynasty leading down to Cleopatra
Who is Ptolemy?
The original name for the current city of Istanbul/Constantinople
What is Byzantium?
The ancient writing system that Michael Ventris and John Chadwick deciphered
What is Linear B?
The first Greek historian who wrote a total of 9 volumes
Who is Herodotus?
Alexander the Great's horse
Appolonios's epic that tells the story of Jason's adventurers to get the Golden Fleece
What is the Argonauts?
The date March 15, 44 BC
When is Caesar's assassination?