Landmarks
This capital is one of the largest and oldest cities in Greece.
What is Athens?
This quadrennial athletic competition featured different sports to compete in.
What is the Olympics?
This Greek philosopher was known for his theory on right-angle triangles.
Who is Pythagoras?
This Greek god controlled both the sky and thunder, and was the ruler of Mount Olympus.
Who is Zeus?
This was the open footwear was popularly worn among Greeks.
What is the leather sandal?
This mountain is deeply rooted in Greek Mythology.
What is Mount Olympus?
During this war, a wooden animal was used to carry soldiers into a city and was used to infiltrate it from the inside.
What is the Trojan War?
This mathematician was well known for measuring the circumference of Earth.
Who is Eratosthenes?
This Greek God is said to be the inventor of the Lyre.
Who is Hermes?
The name of the long tunic or shirt that Greek people wore.
What is Peplos?
This ancient citadel above the city of Athens houses some of the most significant historical buildings.
What is the Acropolis?
The beginning of this historic period was marked by the death of Alexander the Great.
What is the Hellenistic period?
This Greek philosopher was the founder of modern Western philosophy.
Who is Socrates?
This Greek figure was punished for his gift of fire to humans.
Who is Prometheus?
This round wooden shield was used by Greek Hoplon soldiers.
What is an Aspis?
This Greek city was ruled over by famous king Alexander the Great.
What is Macedon?
This was a naval battle between the Greeks and Persians in 480 BCE.
What is the Battle of Salamis?
This Greek physician was considered the father of old medicine.
Who is Hippocrates?
This mythological animal had the head and body of a lion, the head of a goat and the tail of a snake.
What is the Chimera?
This poem described the siege of Troy, and was one of the oldest works of Western literature.
What is the Iliad?
This Statue was erected in honour of the Greek God Helios and was destroyed in 226 BCE.
What is the Colossus of Rhodes?
This was the treaty that ended the 30 year war between Athens and Sparta in Sicily.
What is the Peace of Nicias?
Known as the "inventor of tragedy", this poet was the first to act as a character in a play.
Who is Thespis?
This Greek figure was condemned to pushing a boulder up a hill for trying to cheat death.
The first primitive steam engine, initially developed by Hero of Alexandria.
What is an Aeolipile?