People
The name of a Greek historian, considered more accurate than Herodotus
Thucydides
This is what the word monarchy means
Ruled by one
He was a mathematician who came up with a theorem about the area of triangles
Pythagorus
These are the two most famous city-states from ancient Greece
Athens and Sparta
The language that Alexander made the standard for commerce and government
Greek of course!
The oldest of all Greek philosophers who asked his students thought-provoking questions
Socrates
This is what the word Oligarchy means
Ruled by a few
He was a Greek slave who wrote many fables
Aesop
When did the classical age of greece begin and what was special about it?
500 BC, it was a time of peak human achievement in the ancient world
What was the Agora?
A marketplace and meeting place in Athens where people went shopping, learned, and made laws.
He was a Greek orator and famous leader of democracy
Pericles
This is what the word democracy means
Ruled by the people
He was a blind poet who is credited with writing the Iliad and the Odyssey
Homer
Why did the Peloponnesian war start and who won?
Rising tension between Athens and Sparta and Sparta won.
What were the two types of Greek drama?
Tragedy and Comedy
He was a greek philosopher who introduced the scientific method
Aristotle
This is what you call a man from ancient athens who ruled with absolute power
a tyrant
He was a man with a dream - to unite all the world under one Empire
Alexander the Great
After the fall of the Mycenaeans, came this period in Greece's history
The dark age of Greece
Name 3 things named after Greek gods or myths
Nike, Midas, Athens, Tennessee Titans, Amazon, Pandora, Venus, Trident, Atlas
A greek philosopher who believed the spiritual world was superior to the physical world
Plato
What was the Assembly?
A gathering of men in Athens who came together to make laws
This is was you call a slave or servant, who chaperoned young boys in school
a pedagogue
The name of the earliest known Greek Civilization
The Minoans
What does hellenistic mean?
Like the Greeks