War & Politics
What battle happened in 490 BC with outnumbered Athens defended against Persia. The Athenians sent out a runner to ask the Spartas for help.
The Battle of Marathon
This City-State held the Persians back with just 300 Hoplites during the Battle of Thermopylae.
Sparta
This famous Greek poet wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey.
Homer
This Greek god was the king of all Greek gods and goddesses
Zeus
The sea between Greece and Asia Minor is called
Aegean Sea
What battle took place on the sea which resulted in the defeat of Persia?
The Battle of Salamis
This City-State grew into an Empire by absorbing other City-States and began democracy in the Greek World.
Athens
The Kind of Sparta that led 300 Hoplites in defense against the Persian in the Battle of Thermopylae
Leonidas
Who ruled the Greek Underworld?
Hades
What does the Greek word Polis mean?
City-State
What battle took place in 480 B.C. with the Spartan king Leonidas who held out for three days with a mere 300 hoplites against thousands of Persian soldiers?
The Battle of Thermopylae
This City-State built a Colossus that was one of the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World.
Rhodes
Which Persian Kind led the first attack against Greece?
Darius I
What Titan fought against Zeus and as punishment was tasked with holding the world up forever on his back?
Atlas
What was the name given by the Romans to the coastal areas of Southern Italy that were populated by Greek settlers.
Magna Graecia
Classical Antiquity began with ______ and ended with _________
Homer, the Fall of the Western Roman Empire
This City-State was a trade city in an ideal location that allowed it to have two seaports, one on the Saronic Gulf and one on the Corinthian Gulf. It's icon is a Pegasus.
Corinth
Who is the fourth king of Persia, who was determined to avenge his father and conquer the Greeks.
Xerxes I
What was the name of the Titan that gave humans fire and then was punished by Zeus?
Prometheus
What is the ancient name of the narrow passage between the Aegean Sea and the Sea of Marmara
Hellespont
Who was an aristocrat who introduced democratic principles to Athenian government.
Solon
This City-State was on the island of Sicily known as Magna Graecia.
Syracuse
This aristocrat dominated Athens from 461 to 429 B.C., brought the Athenian democracy to its fullest measure.
Pericles
Out of the 12 Greek Olympian gods, which god or goddess name wasn't changed by the Romans?
Apollo
What is the southern part of Greece that was controlled by Sparta and her allies?
Peloponnese