This fearsome formation became the most powerful fighting force in the ancient world
What is Phalanx
100
This statesman had popular support for 32 years
Who is Pericles
100
This temple which isn't unique in design was built to honor Athena
What is the Parthenon
100
This city declared war on the other in 431 B.C.E. (2-part answer)
What is Sparta on Athens
100
Great thinkers who were determined to seek the truth no matter where the search led them were called this by the Greeks
What is philosophers
200
When Ionian Greeks revolted against this Persian king, Athens sent ships and soldiers to help them
Who is Darius the Great
200
To strengthen democracy, Pericles increased the number of this position that had paid salaries
What are public officials
200
Sculptors during the golden age aimed to create figures that were what three things
What is graceful, strong and perfectly formed
200
Pericles' strategy was to avoid land battles with Sparta because why
What is Sparta had a stronger army
200
One of the most famous Sophists questioned the existence of the traditional Greek gods and his name was
What is Protagoras
300
In 490 B.C.E. the Athenians defeated Persian troops at this battle
What is the Battle of Marathon
300
The introduction of a form of government in which the citizens ruled directly and not through representatives was an important legacy of Periclean Athens and was called this
What is direct democracy
300
Greek values of harmony, order, balance, and proportion are the standard for this
What is Classical Art
300
In what year did Athens and Sparta sign a truce that didn't last long
What is 421 B.C.E.
300
This man was a critic of the Sophists and believed that absolute standards did exist for truth and justice
Who is Socrates
400
300 Spartans held off the Persians during this battle so that other Greek forces could retreat
What is the Battle of Thermopylae
400
Athens took over leadership of this group and dominated all the city-states in it
What is the Delian League
400
Three notable Greek dramatists were who
Who are Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides
400
Athens sent a huge fleet to destroy this wealthy Spartan ally in 415 B.C.E.
What is the city-state of Syracuse
400
This man wrote down the conversations of Socrates and in the 370s B.C.E. wrote his most famous work, The Republic
Who is Plato
500
This man brought news of the Persian defeat to Athens so that the people wouldn't give up the city without a fight
Who is Pheidippides
500
Pericles persuaded the Athenian assembly to vote huge amounts of Delian League money to buy gold, ivory and marble to do what to Athens
What is beautify it
500
This comedy be Aristophanes portrayed Athenian women forcing their husbands to end the Peloponnesian War
What is Lysistrata
500
In 404 B.C.E., this city-state and its allies surrendered and lost their empire, power and wealth
What is Athens
500
He invented a method for arguing according to the rules of logic and was Alexander of Macedonia's teacher