This man was a famous author who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey.
What is Homer
100
This term means the legitimate rule by the people
What is Democracy
100
He was a famous Greek philosopher who believed each person has a soul that should strive for good. He died for his beliefs rather than be forced to change them.
Who is Socrates?
100
This term means giving a non-human the qualities of a human, for example Greek gods who have human bodies and speak.
What is anthropomorphic?
200
He is the ill-favoured god of metallurgy.
Who is Hephaestus?
200
This building was dedicated to the goddess Athena.
What is The Parthenon.
200
This terms means the legitimate rule of one person over the people.
What is monarchy?
200
This philosopher was interested in Government and wrote an important book called "The Republic"
Who is Plato?
200
This is the term for people who belong to a community, have certain rights and can vote. and obligations like serving in the military.
What is a citizen?
300
He is the cunning god of the Trade
Who is Hermes?
300
This oath is a promise made by doctors to treat their patients to the best of their abilities and to "do no harm"
What is The Hippocratic Oath
300
This form of government is rule by the few, but it was thought by the Greeks to be legitimate because these 'few' were supposed to be 'the best'
What is Aristocracy
300
This many Spartans fought at the Battle of Thermpylae to prevent the Persian invation.
What is 300 Spartans
300
These are stories, usually about the supernatural adventures of gods, heroes and other creatures. They sometimes attempt to explain natural events and why they happen.
What is a myth?
400
He is the moody God of the Seas?
Who is Poseidon?
400
This famous mathematician worked out the value of Pi
Who is Archimedes?
400
This terms means the illegitimate rule of a select group of people, from the military or politics, who control power.
What is Oligarchy
400
This wonder of the ancient world collapsed in 226BC during an earthquake. It spanned the harbour of a Greek city.
What is the Colossus of Rhodes?
400
These are two examples of city-states in Ancient Greece. One is famous for its philosophers, and the other for its warriors.
What is Athens and Sparta?
500
Two answers: 1. She is the goddess of Wisdom and Arts and 2. she is the sensual goddess of Love and Beauty
Who is Athena and Aphrodite?
500
These games began as a way to honour Zeus at his most famous shrine. The prize for winners was not a gold medal back then.
What is (Ancient) Olympic Games
500
This term means a ruler who has seized power illegally, and is an illegitimate form of government of one man over the people.
What is a tyranny (a tyrant)
500
What do philosophers do?
Philosophers = lovers of wisdom. They think, discuss and debate ideas.
500
This is the term used for a group of people gathered together for political or religious reasons
What is an assembly. Assemblies are what allow democracy to happen. Athens had one of the first functioning democracies in the world.