Greek gods and goddesses
What is Mount Olympus?
The island where the myth of the Minotaur took place, home to the palace of Knossos
What is Crete?
Greek plays were one of these two types
What are tragedy and comedy?
A military city-state with an intense training for young boys
What is Sparta?
Study of wisdom
What is philosophy?
These three gods were brothers- one ruled the sea, one the sky and the other the underworld
Who are Zeus, Poseidon and Hades?
Name of the Peninsula where Sparta is located
What is the Peloponnese?
Who is Aesop?
The slaves living in Sparta were called this
What are helots?
Ancient Greek "fortune-teller" who people visited in a shrine
What is an oracle?
The god of war
Who is Ares?
Ancient Greek city-states were separated by these, caused them to become independent.
What are mountains and seas?
Name the other type of Greek colomn- Doric, Ionic and __________
What is Corinthian?
These two city-states were often at war
What are Athens and Sparta?
A government in which a small group has control- Sparta had this type
What is an oligarchy?
The messenger god
Who is Hermes?
Name of the sea separating Greece and Troy, containing hundreds of islands
What is the Aegean sea?
In the story the Iliad, The Greeks attack the city of Troy by hiding in a giant wooden _______
What is a Horse?
Greek battle formation with interlocking shields
A type of government where ALL citizens have a say- Athens had this type
what is a democracy?
She was the goddess of the city of Athens
Who is Athena?
Archipelago is another word for this
what is A chain of islands?
Famous building to honor the goddess Athena
What is the Parthenon?
Greece was often at war with this civilization, located in Southwest Asia
Who are the Persians?