Athens and Sparta
Mythology
Persian Wars
Random Facts
Olympics
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In Athenian education, teachers taught reading, writing, arithmetic, and what other subject?
Literature
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Who is the god/goddess of the moon?
Artemis
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Who won the Persian wars?
Greece.
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What is the plainest type of colum?
Doric.
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When did the Olympics take place?
Every four years.
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What was Sparta’s currency?
Iron rods.
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What happened when you cut off one of the hydra’s heads?
Two heads would take its place.
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Who was one of the greatest persian kings?
King Darius.
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What empire based it’s religion off of the greek religion?
The Roman Empire.
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When did the ancient Olympics seem to begin?
The Early 700 BCs.
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What was the Athenian economy based on?
Trade
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How was Athena born?
By Hephaestus breaking open Zeus’s skull.
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When did the Persian War take place?
499 - 479 B.C.
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What was the famous statue of Athena called?
The Athena Parthenos
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What god/goddess was the Olympics honoring?
Zeus.
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About how far away were Athens and Sparta from each other?
About 150 miles apart.
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Delphi is believed to be the mouthpiece of who?
Apollo.
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Who was the the general on the greeks side at the battle of Marathon?
Miltiades.
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When was Archimedes born?
287 B.C.
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What was the sculpture of Zeus made of?
Gold and Ivory.
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What was better for slaves in Sparta than for slaves in Athens?
Spartan slaves could buy their freedom.
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When you die what are the three realms that are in the underworld?
Elysium, The Fields of Asphodel, and The Fields of Punishment.
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What narrow Sea channel did the persian army cross in the battle of Thermopylae?
The Hellespont.
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What is Athens a symbol of?
A symbol of freedom, art, and democracy.
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Who sculpted the statue of Zeus at Olympia?
Pheidias.
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