During this battle, Greek hoplites used the phalanx formation to charge and defeat the Persians.
What is the Battle of Marathon?
100
Get your figs, dates, pomegranates and apples! Fresh fish! Olive oil by the jar! All of these--and more--could be found at this the open-aired marketplace.
What is the Agora?
100
Don't anger him, or the sea winds will blow and the waves will rise into a terrible storm!
Who is Poseidon?
100
A paean with many, many verses.
What is a long song?
100
Although women in Sparta could own land, they were not allowed to exercise this important right of citizenship.
What is voting?
200
This three-tiered, oar-powered warship was key to Greek victory in the Battle of Salamis. RAMMING SPEED!!!
What is a trireme?
200
The Greeks loved going to see dramas for entertainment--the plays were either comedies, or one of these types, with a sad ending.
What are tragedies?
200
Using funds from the Delian League, he rebuilt the Parthenon and beautified Athens.
Who is Pericles?
200
An alpaca-like animal that loves watching comedies and tragedies.
What is a drama llama?
200
A form of government in which the power rests with a small group of people.
What is an oligarchy?
300
This term describes a hoplite's gear and equipment.
What is panoply?
300
All humans are mortal.
Socrates is a human.
Socrates is mortal.
If you visited Plato's Academy, you may have seen this 'great mind' teaching his students how to use a syllogism, a way of reasoning out a problem.
Who is Aristotle?
300
This philosopher, fond of asking questions, was sentenced to death for corrupting the minds of young people.
Who is Socrates?
300
A measure used by the harvest goddess.
What is Demeter's meter?
300
You "feel so soft" when you're this type of person--someone who studies ideas about knowledge, truth, the nature and meaning of life.
What is a philosopher?
400
A Persian army under this "Great King" burned Athens after defeating the Spartans in the Battle of Thermopylae.
Who is Xerxes?
400
From the Greek word for "best," this social class was made up of a small group of wealthy people.
Who are aristocrats?
400
Leonidas, a Spartan leader who fought to the death at the Battle of Thermopylae, was one of two kings of Sparta--a form of government known as this.
What is a diarchy?
400
If a free Athenian male over the age of 18 exercised an important right of citizenship while aboard a trireme.
What is a boat vote?
400
Summarized as "do no harm," an oath named for this Greek healer is still taken by many physicians today.
Who is Hippocrates?
500
This is an object created from the enemy's panoply and represents victory in battle.
What is a tropaion?
500
For Athenians, voting, owning land, participating in the assembly, and defending the polis were all examples of these.
What are rights of citizenship?
500
Located in Athens, his academy was known throughout the Greek world for being a center of philosophy.
Who is Plato?
500
A Spartan who returns from battle without his shield.