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This event occured only every four years and allowed for equal opportunity to prove one's worth physically. Nobleman could race farmer with no advantages, though this group was excluded entirely.
Who are women?
This central location for a city held the political offices and forums for public discourse.
What is the polis?
These geographical features isolated parts of early greece and led to the rise of city-states.
What are mountains?
Ancient greeks valued this heroic profession above all else, even among city-states not totally focused on war.
What are warriors?
Much of the labor for ancient Greece was produced by this class of society.
What are slaves, or Helots?
This form of worship retold mythologies of the ancient Greeks as way to impart their beliefs and values.
What are dramas/plays/theatre?
Greeks are credited with originating this form of government, where each commoner has a say.
What is democracy?
The first Greek civilization, centered in the rocky mountaineous central valleys of Greece. These peoples are credited with the advent of city-states before their unfortunate decline due to natural disasters.
Who are the Mycenae?
Ancient Greek mythology tends to highlight this particular archetype and their great deeds in battle or feats of strength/ability.
What are heroes?
Alexander and his conquests into the far east from ancient Greece paved the way for this all-important highway which connected into Han-era China.
What is the Silk Road?
This large group of enslaved peoples were ruled by Spartans, who regularly culled their numbers as a way of maintaining their control.
Who were Helots?
This form of government, as outlined by Plato, relies heavily on a small group of people within a society that run all matters due to their perceived importance derived from great wealth or political influence.
What is an oligarchy?
This body of water connected the Ancient Greeks to Egypt, Persia, and many other civilizations.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
This author was responsible for laying the framework of ancient Greek honor, heroism, and nobility.
Who is Homer?
This good was the origination of an entire Greek empire; used for oil, medicine, pigments, and much more.
What is the olive?
This type of learning and teaching was developed by one of the great Greek philosophers, intended to lead by questioning everything as deeply as one can.
What is the Socratic Method?
This event lasted 27 years and led to the eventual downfall of Ancient Greek Society. Macedonian forces eventually conquered all of mainland Greece and far beyond...
What are the Peloponnesian Wars?
Protected by a rocky bay with sharp and deadly cliff walls, this city-state developed a powerful navy as its primary defense.
What is Athens?
Alexander conquered much of the known world in his short time, from Ancient Greece to northern India. In his wake this type of culture was left behind, meaning "in the way of Greeks."
What is Hellenistic?
Athenian Greeks expanded with their ever-growing economic operations, leading to the establishment of these new settlements and trading centers.
What are colonies?
This city became known for its love of arts, philosophies, and trading. In stark contrast to its neighbor to the south, which favored war and conquest.
What is Athens?
Plato argued that this form of government was the weakest, lacking any real longevity due to the structure relying too heavily on individual traits by rulers.
What is Tyranny?
This geographically bottle-necked site provided a key advantage to Spartans who fought off the much larger Persian forces. Just 300 of them fought off thousands, or so the story goes.
What is Thermopylae?
These two stories became the foundation upon which classical Greece built its cultural values.
What are the Iliad and The Odyssey.
This period of unparalleled economic destruction was wrought by a series of natural disasters leading to many greek societies spreading out across the Aegean sea. The period after which was known as "Classical Greece."
What is the "Dark Age?"