Politics
The art and practice of government.
What is politics?
The god of war.
Who was Ares?
This sin comes before a fall. The ultimate sin.
God of the underworld; brother of Zeus and Poseidon, husband of Persephone.
Who was Hades?
A powerful Greek military polis that was often at war with Athens used slaves known as helots to provide agricultural labor.
What was Sparta?
Do unto others as you would have them to unto you.
What is the Golden Rule?
A city state in Anciet Greece.
What was a polis?
Daughter of Zeus, goddess of wisdom, and protector of Athens, warrior goddess.
Who was Athena?
The three books that influenced Western Culture more than any other literature.
What are: The Bible, The Iliad, and The Odyssey?
Queen of the gods, sister and wife of Zeus, goddess of marriage.
Who was Hera?
He was the smartest Greek who fought during the Trojan War. He came up with the idea of the Trojan Horse. He made many gods mad, including Poseidon.
Who was Odysseus?
Brother of Zeus, god of the sea, earthquakes, and horses.
Who was Poseidon?
Government by the people.
What is democracy?
God of prophecy, music, and poetry, god of light, the sun god.
Who was Apollo?
Members of a city-state who had legal rights.
What are citizens?
God of time, the father of Zeus.
Who was Chronos?
Peninsula in southern Greece containing Sparta and Corinth.
What is The Peloponese?
An athletic competition held every four years in honor of Zeus.
What were the Olympic Games?
Membership in a community.
What is citizenship?
The most important creation of Jehovah. An angel whose pride caused him to try to become God, and he was turned into Satan.
Who was Lucifer?
This trick was used by the Greeks to win the Trojan War.
What was the creation of the Trojan Horse?
Goddess of agriculture and the harvest, mother of Persephone.
Who was Demeter?
A leading city of ancient Greece, famous for its architecture, pottery, and shipbuilding. It was between Athens to the north and Sparta to the south. There are two books of the Bible written to a church there.
What was Corinth?
A body of stories about gods and heroes that try to explain how the world works.
What is mythology?
Political power is held by a small group of people.
What is an oligarchy?
A large temple dedicated to the goddess Athena on the Acropolis in Athens, Greece. It was built in the 5th century BCE, during the Athenian golden age. There is a replica now in Nashville, Tennessee,
What is The Parthenon?
Goddess of discord. Throws a golden apple into Peleus and Thetis' wedding celebration.
Who was Eris?
A female priestess of Apollo at his temple, whom the ancients believed the god gave answers to the future.
What was The Oracle at Delphi?
Enslaved people in ancient Sparta who worked the farms to feed the Spartan citizens
Who were helots?
A formation of heavily armed foot soldiers who moved together as a unit.
What is a phalanx?
A government in which power is in the hands of a hereditary ruling class or nobility. "Ruled by the best people."
What is aristocracy?
The god of fire and metalworking lived in volcanoes, the brother of Zeus.
Who was Hephaestus?
Goddess of hearth and home; sister of Zeus.
Who was Hestia?
Queen of the underworld, wife of Hades, daughter of Demeter.
Who was Persephone?
Governments run by a single strong ruler, such as a dictatorship.
What is a tyranny?
Citizens elect others to represent them in government. The United States has this type of government.
What is representative government or a republic?
A political system in which citizens participate directly in decision-making.
What is direct democracy?
Messenger of the gods; patron of merchants, protector of travelers.
Who was Hermes?
He was the greatest hero for the Greeks during the Trojan War. His weakness became a cultural symbol for our culture.
Who was Achilles?
Twin sister of Apollo, goddess of hunting and childbirth.
Who was Artemis?
Greek for "high city". The chief temples of the city were located here.
What is an acropolis?
General study of knowledge and the world; Greek for "love of wisdom."
What is philosophy?