Greek Celebrities
Vocabulary I
Athens/Sparta
Miscellaneous I
Mt. Olympus I
100
He was the blind poet who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey
Who is Homer?
100
The central market and meeting place of a Greek city-state; essentially the "downtown"
What is the agora?
100
This city-state had a highly militarized society.
What is Sparta?
100
This is the geographic landform that makes-up most of mainland Greece.
What is a mountainous peninsula?
100
God of the sky, lightening, and thunder
Who is Zeus
200
A Greek philosopher who was the first person to use reason and logic to understand the world. He was later sentenced to death by his people.
Who is Socrates?
200
The term for the Greek city-state
What is the polis?
200
This city-state became the first democracy.
What is Athens?
200
This famous, "mythical" war actually started as an economic rivalry between the Mycenaeans and Troy.
What is the Trojan War?
200
Goddess of love and beauty
Who is Aphrodite?
300
This leader brought Athens to the height of its prosperity and power.
Who is Pericles?
300
The high-city of a Greek city-state dedicated to the gods and goddesses
What is an acropolis?
300
Spartan women were expected to be physically fit to produce these.
What are healthy sons?
300
Because the soil was unsuitable for crops, Greeks turned to this to make a profit.
What is the sea?
300
God of war and combat
Who is Ares?
400
He is the Athenian leader who made Athens a direct democracy.
Who is Cleisthenes?
400
A story about the deeds and misdeeds of the gods
What is a myth?
400
With the help of a pedagogue, Athenian boys at the age of 7 received this.
What is an education?
400
According to the beliefs of Athenians, money was used for this.
What is community building?
400
Goddess of wisdom
Who is Athena
500
He was the Spartan leader who defeated Athens.
Who is Lysander?
500
The colorful, expressive paintings found in King Mino's palace on Crete.
What are frescoes?
500
This city-state controlled the Delian league.
What is Athens?
500
Full-citizens in Sparta were descendants of these invaders.
Who are the Dorians?
500
God of fire; blacksmith of the gods
Who is Hephaestus?
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