Leaders of Athens, wanted citizens to participate, was good to the poor, had the Parthenon built.
Who is Pericles?
100
Cultural interests of Athens
What are the arts and learning?
100
A small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution.
What is an oligarchy?
100
A hilltop above the city-state of Athens where temples were built for the gods and goddesses
What is Acropolis?
200
God of poetry, music, prophecy, medicine, light, and archery.
Who is Apollo?
200
Greek philosopher who taught people to ask questions.
Who is Socrates?
200
A system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.
What is a democracy?
200
Made up of 2 Kings and 28 men elected to the assembly.
What is the Council?
200
Stand on a base and have a capital in the form of a double scroll (volute).
What are Ionic columns?
300
God of the sea, earthquakes, and horses.
Who is Poseidon?
300
Philosopher in Classical Greece and the founder of the Academy in Athens.
Who is Plato?
300
The economy was based on...
What is trade?
300
A Spartan slave.
What is a helot?
300
Temple to Athena in Athens
What is the Parthenon?
400
Messenger of the gods.
Who is Hermes?
400
Author of the Iliad and the Odyssey.
Who is Homer?
400
Time of peace in Athens.
What is the Golden Age of Greece?
400
War between Sparta and Athens; Sparta won.
What is the Peloponnesian War?
400
An open area that served as both a market and a meeting place.
What is an agora?
500
Goddess of agriculture.
Who is Demeter?
500
The legendary king of Crete, son of Zeus and the Phoenician princess Europa.
Who is King Minos?
500
Athens was destroyed in this battle.
What is the Battle of Salamis?
500
An army formation with overlapping shields.
What is a phalanx?
500
First built around the 7th c. B.C. by the two legendary architects Trophonios and Agamedes. It was rebuilt after a fire in the 6th c. B.C.. and was named the "Temple of Alcmeonidae" in tribute to the noble Athenian family that oversaw its construction.