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Hippocrates is famous because new doctors still take an oath which can be summarized in three words "Do no harm." What is the name of the oath?
Hippocratic oath
DAILY QUADUPLE!!!! What was the name of the Athenian group of 173 poleis on the Aegean sea organized to beat the Persians?
The Delian League
TRUE OR FALSE?
Sparta was situated in a deep valley with surrounding mountains
TRUE!
IN 429, something or someone killed about one-third Athenians. What caused their deaths?
A plague
At what age did Spartan boys leave their families to become military leaders?
Age 7
DAILY DOUBLE!!!! WHO was known for his mathematical skills, particularly the triangle for which he wrote the theorem a2+b2 = c2 (a squared plus b squared equals c squared)?
Pythagoras
WHO was a traitor to the Athenians and fled to Sparta after being accused of profaning religous mysteries?
Alcibiades
TRUE OR FALSE? As a result of the plague, Athens was weakened and forced to sign a 50 year treaty with Sparta.
TRUE
200: WHO convinced his fellow Athenians to attempt a takeover of Sicily in 415BC, which began the second phase of the Peloponnesian War?
200: What was the result?
Alcibiades
200 points: How many years was the first phase of the Peloponnesian War?
200 points: What years were these?
10 years from 431-421BC
What were TWO of the THREE advantages that Athens had over Sparta?
1) large navy
2) wealth
3) Pericles
DAILY DOUBLE! Spartan men were told WHAT about their shield as they went into war? Which means WHAT?
Come back with your shield upon it! It means victory only
IN 445 BC, Athens and Sparta signed a 30-year treat which was broken when Athens attacked WHAT ally of Sparta?
Corinth
WHO walked around Athens (wearing only a barrel), holding a lantern and looking for an honest man?
Diogenes
WHO was the leader of Athens who rebuilt the city into a place of great architecture?
Pericles
What year did Sparta and Athens agree to a 30-year treaty which was broken when Athens attacked Corinth?
445 BC
WHO wrote 123 plays, the most famous which were the Oedipus cycle?
SOPHOCLES
WHO wrote 90 plays, of which only 7 survived. His most famous was about Agamemnon.
Aeschylus
WHO was the famous historian who wrote about the Persian wars with Greece, Egypt, and Asia Minor?
Herodotus
WHO introduced reforms that would change Sparta from a full-orbed city-state into a virtual military camp?
Lycurgus
WHO was a great Athenian speech maker/ orator?
There is another man with the same name who was a brilliant military leader in the Peloponnesian war.
Demosthenes
Demosthenes (384–322 BC) was a renowned Athenian orator and statesman who overcame severe speech impediments through rigorous practice to defend Athenian democracy against Philip II of Macedon. He is famous for his Philippics speeches and for suing his guardians to reclaim his inherited fortune
WHO was the most famous ancient historian who also fought in the Peloponnesian war and said, "losses were total: army, navy... everything was destroyed and out of many, only a few returned."
Thucydides
As Sparta emerged from the Dark Ages, it grew to around 140,000 people that were divided into three classes. What were the three classes?
citizens, merchants, and helots (who farmed the land)
What were three changes that Lycurugus initiated in Sparta?
1) got rid of money
2) removed boys from families at age 7
3) had men eat together in a public dining area
What year did Athens surrender to Sparta?
404 BC