gods & goddesses
Which god has the same name in both Greece & Rome?
Apollo
Define monarchy
The king is he supreme ruler
Which civilization was thought of as a 'fun loving' people?
Minoans
What is the monster that received seven youth girls and seven youth boys from Athens as a sacrifice?
Minotaur
Who established the educational system in Sparta?
Lycurgus
Name the goddess of agriculture.
Demeter/Ceres
Define oligarchy
"rule of few men" or when a small group of wealthy nobles had all the power
What MAY have caused the end of the Minoan civilization?
The volcano eruption 50 years prior may have caused crops/food production to die and a famine.
Who was the the Greek maiden that became famous for her weaving and challenged Athena/Minerva?
Arachne
What did they do to the sickly or weak new born babies?
They abandoned and left them to die on a mountain slope.
Name the goddess of the hunt.
Artemis/Diana
The name of judges/magistrates who held the executive power in Sparta.
Ephors
Where was the Mycenaeans civilization?
Peloponnese on mainland Greece
Who were the two main characters in the legend The Face in the Pool?
Echo & Narcissus
True or False
Sparta had a coinage system.
False
The messenger god. Name his Greek and Latin name.
Hermes-Greek
Mercury-Latin
What does Hellenic mean?
GREEK
Where was the Minoan civilization located?
The island of Crete
Who was kidnapped and taken to the underworld?
Proserpina/Persephone
Sparta had TWO kings. What did they control?
They were generals of the army.
Name the goddess of wisdom
Greek-Athena
Latin-Minerva
Define bull-leaping
Bull-leaping involved jumping onto a bull by grabbing its horns, doing a somersault, and landing back on the ground.
What TWO crops was Greece know for? Ancient and still today...
Olives & Grapes
Who was the lovely forest maiden that gave birth to Arcus, Jupiter's son and enraged Juno?
Callisto
The executive power in Sparta was in the hands of five magistrates, called ______?
ephors