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A government where power is the hands of the people
What is democracy (1)
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In Greek mythology the _____ were defeated by the Olympians
What is the Titans (8)
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Reason Greek had to attend theatre.
What is to avoid public ridicule for being an un-involved citizen (12)
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Minoan Invention and Greek marketplace
What is the agora (17)
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He wrote the Harsh laws of Athens
Who is Draco
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A government where power in the hands of a small group of elite people
What is oligarchy (2)
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Many Greek myths involve Zeus' _____
What is infidelity (7)
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Greek Plays whose premise might be summarized as Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned
What is Medea (14)
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Mycenaean invention that was the ancestor of the castle
What is the acropolis (18)
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All Athenian Citizens voted in the Ecclessia, but only these 5 men held the real power in Sparta
What is the Ephors (22)
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Literally means the love of knowledge, it is the study of thought itself and what can truly be known
What is philosophy (5)
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What is the core value taught by the legend of Hercules?
What is perseverance through suffering (6)
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Greek play whose premise might be, "the search for truth is the only freedom mortals have."
What is Oedipus Rex (13)
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How did the Mycenaean eventually defeat the Minoans?
What is through conquest after a Volcano weakened them (20)
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Battle where 300 Spartans inspired the rest of Greece to defeat Persia
What is Thermopylae (24)
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The belief that no one can escape the fate and everything is predetermined
What is fatalism (4)
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What myth was possibly invented to mock the matriarchal Minoans
What is the Minotaur (16)
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Euripides wrote Medea, but he wrote Oedipus Rex
Who is Sophocles (11)
400
Mycenae is one of the main cities in this Epic Poem
What is the Iliad (19)
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War where Sparta defeated Athens
What is Polynesian War (27)
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The process by which a mortal becomes a God
What is apotheosis (3)
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The part of the natural world that the story of Persephone's abduction is attempting to explain.
What is why it gets colder in autumn and winter.
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Apart from social prestige, the only thing gained by wealthy patrons of Greek plays
What their name on the wall of the theatre (15)
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Reason Aristotle agreed to teacher the Macedonian Alexander?
What is Philip rebuilt Aristotle's home town and un-enslaved the people.
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Alexander lost Zero battle (31), but this is the one where he came the closest and even lost his beloved horse.
What is Hydaspes
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