The Greeks
The Titans
What is the name for a city?
Polis
Each city had their own _____.
coins
Iliad and the Odyssey
Define aesthetics.
the beauty of how things look
The first Greek was named?
Gaia, founded the Earth
What were the two main cities?
Athens and Sparta
How did Greeks vote?
hollow-guilty, solid-not guilty discs
What two types of plays were performed?
tragedies and comedies
What is the Parthenon?
a building in Athens that is still standing
What was the second group of Greeks referred to as?
The Olympians
Who won the Peloponnesian War and how long was the war?
Sparta, 27 years
Who were citizens?
Men
What were burglars known as?
wall-diggers
Why did kids often NOT attend school for many years?
cost to attend
Which Greek ate all their children (but one) because he believed on of his kids would overthrow him?
Cronus
Why was it easy for Greeks to import and trade food?
located by the sea
Name two famous philosophers?
Hippocrates, Aristotle, Socrates, Plato
What is a chiton?
boy of man and head of animal/bull
Who is the goddess of love?
Name three crops grown by the Greeks.
olives, grapes, wheat and barley
The Olympic games were held in honor of ___?
Zues
Sweetmeats are not meat. What are sweetmeats made of?
dates, sesame seeds, honey, nuts, figs
What is a symposium?
a drinking party, where discussions were held