Greeks at War
This Spartan king and his 300 men sacrificed themselves to hold off the Persian army at Thermopylae
Who is Leonidas?
Herodotus is known as the father of this academic subject.
What is history?
Phidippides made a heroic run to this Greek city to announce a Greek victory also gives us the name of a current athletic event
What is a marathon?
These people were known as helots.
What are slaves?
The military formation made popular by the Greeks.
What is the phalanx?
The main occupation of Spartan men
What is the military?
Alexander the Great was from this kingdom north of Greece.
What is Macedon?
A fortified hilltop at the center of a Greek city-state.
What is an acropolis?
After joining with Sparta to defeat the Persians, Athens joined the Delian League while Sparta joined this league that shares its name with a war between the two leagues.
What is Peloponnesian?
This General took Egypt after Alexander's empire was split into thirds.
Who is Ptolemy?
Greek architectural feature still used today.
What are Greek columns?
Themistocles convinced his fellow Athenians to invest their money on developing this in order to protect themselves from a returning Persian army
What is a navy?
The age Spartan boys were taken from their families for training.
What is seven years old?
Bucephalus
This mathematician is best remembered for applying geometric principles to engineering