Overview of Ancient Greece
Know thou Land
Influential Figures
Gods and Goddesses
The Legacy of Ancient Greece Today
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When does the classical era of Ancient Greek history takes place?
700-300 BCE
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Where was Troy, an important city in ancient Greek City, located?
Asia Minor
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Possibly the most famous general and world conqueror in all of history. Responsible for spreading Greek culture and civilization all over the known world.
Who is Alexander the Great?
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Ruler and king of all gods on Mount Olympus; also god of weather.
Who is Zeus?
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What caused the Trojan War?
The Mycenaeans besieged troy because a Trojan youth, named Paris, had besieged Helen, the beautiful wife of a Greek, King Menelaus.
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What did the Greeks of 2500 years ago call their land and themselves?
They called their land Hellas and themselves Hellenes.
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Which Polis is known as the school of Greece?
Athens
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A blind bard ( wander poet) who composed the Illad and the Odyssey. These stories taught young men in Ancient Greece how to behave and is often referred to as the bible for Greeks.
Who is Homer?
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Goddess of beauty and love.
Who is Aphrodite?
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In ancient Greek history, what is the first reference to competitive olympic style games?
In Homer’s Iliad ( during the Trojan War), when the warrior Achilles organized some games to go along with the burial rights of his fallen fellow Hellene, Patroclus, who was slain by the togran soldier Hector at the gates of besieged Troy.
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How did the landscape of Greece impact the evolution of city-states?
Because Greece was so divided up by mountains, it was natural for small, independent city-states to evolve.
300
Greece is located in which direction of Egypt?
north
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A famous Greek philosopher; he was a great teacher in Athens and roamed the city in his prime, teaching young men how to question authority and how to think.
Who is Socrates?
300
A many-talented Greek god of prophecy, music, intellectual pursuits, healing, plague, and sometimes, the sun.
Who is Apolo?
300
What are three major ways Ancient Greek culture influenced our modern Western Culture?
1. Language: Greek is the basis of our American-English tongue. On any given day, one of eight words we speak, read, or write is Greek in origin. 2. Intelect: Ancient Greek culture influenced the modern world was by teaching Western man how to reason and how to think. 3. Greeks introduced democracy, the form of government we use today.
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Why did actors wear masks when they performed in the ancient Greek theaters?
Because the open sky theaters were so large, could hold up to 15,000 spectators, it was thought for everyone to see and hear certain improvements had to be made ( such as masks).
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What is the well traveled Greek Sea, which touches nearly all of Greece?
Aegean
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A famous Athenian politician, during the Golden Age -- specifically, the time between the Persian and Peloponnesian wars. Often acclaimed as “the first citizen of Athens.”
Who is Pericles?
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Goddess of wisdom, patron goddess of Athens; partons of households crafts; daughter of Zeus.
Who is Athena?
400
What is the acropolis? And what famous temples still exists with one today.
An acropolis is a hill. And in ancient Greek times, an acropolis served as the site of assembly for political, social, and religious activity. The Acropolis in Athens contained temples, monuments and the famed Parthenon.
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How did Athens and Sparta differ in their forms of government? Name their two forms and briefly describe.
Athens used a Direct Democracy, where the people decided (by vote or consensus) on policy initiatives directly. Sparta used an Oligarchy where a small group of had full control of their polis' policy and law.
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Name four areas Alexander the Greek Empire in 323 B.C. included.
Greece, Persia, Egypt, and east of India.
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Who was Leonidas?
He led the Spartan forces during the Second Persian War and is remembered for his death at The Battle of Thermopylae .
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Who is Hermes, Demeter, & Poseidon?
Hermes - is the God of orators, writers, and commerce, protector of thieves and of mischief makers, messenger of mortals, and son of Zeus Demeter - is the goddess of crops; giver of grains and fruit. Poseidon - God of ocean and seas, earth- giver of horses to mortals.
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The Greeks developed three architecture systems, called orders, each with their own distinctive proportions and detailing? Name and describe the three orders.
The Doric: style is rather sturdy and its top (the capital) is plain. The Ionic: style is thinner and more elegant. The Corinthian style is seldom used in the Greek world, but often seen on Roman temples.
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