Famous People
Wars
Mythology
Literature
Miscellaneous
100
Sappho
Who is the 10th muse?
100
Trojan War
What is the name of the war in which the Greeks traveled to retrieve Helen?
100
Prometheus
What character gave fire to man?
100
stichomythia
What is rapid-fire dramatic dialogue?
100
Peloponnesus
What is the big land chunk of Greece?
200
Thespis
Who is the Father of Theater?
200
Peloponnesian War
What is the name of the civil wars between Athens & Sparta?
200
Sisyphus
What is the character that rolled a boulder up a hill eternally?
200
in media res
What is starting "in the middle of things"?
200
Delphi
What is the most famous oracle?
300
Hippocrates
Who is the Father of Medicine?
300
phalanx
What is the name of the tight military formation that allowed Greece much success in battle?
300
Icarus & Daedalus
What is the father-son duo that escaped the labyrinth?
300
Aristophanes, Sophocles, Aeschylus, Euripedes
Who are the four ancient Greek platwrights?
300
ode
What is a piece of poetry written with focus and emotion about a particular object?
400
Herodotus
Who is the Father of Recorded History?
400
Cyrus, Darius & Xerxes
Who are the three famous Persian generals, who, over time created the great Persian empire?
400
Pygmalion
What is the character that sculpted the perfect woman?
400
Tiresias
Who is the blind prophet who appears in many ancient Greek writings?
400
pediment, colonnade, frieze, relief, arcade
Name 4 parts of the Parthenon or a classical building.
500
Thucydides
Who is the Father of Military History?
500
Ephialtes
What is the name of the Spartan traitor who told the Persians about the secret pass?
500
Phaeton
What is the character that was the son of Apollo & took his father's chariot & couldn't control it, creating a swath of devastation?
500
Electra, Agamemnon, Frogs, Birds, Lysistrata
What are 4 Ancient Greek plays other than Oedipus & Medea?
500
caduceus
What is the correct name of the medical staff?
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