Names
True or False Epicurus and Zeno worked on a philosophy of life that emphasized happiness
False
What city-state was the leader of the Delian League?
Athens
Hellenistic
Hippocrates
Father of Medicine
This played a critical role in the development of Greek history
Geography
True of False: Darius I defeated the Greeks
What ancient civilization had modern plumbing in the palace?
Minoan
What was the chief magistrate in Athens called?
archon
Herodotus
Father of History
True or False: Greek mythology played a dominant role in forming Greek culture
True
Who led the Persian army that Alexander the Great defeated?
Darius III
What battle did this happen: three hundred Spartans fought to the death in a mountain pass
Battle of Thermopylae
Who was the author of The Iliad and They Odyssey?
Homer
Euclid
Father of Geometry
What are two forms of Greek drama?
tragedy and comedy
Name the Greek philosopher and mathematician of the sixth century BC who concluded that the universe could be explained in mathematical form
Pythagoras
The leading commerical center of the early mainland Aegean civilization was what?
Mycenae
What term refers to a rule by a few
oligarchy
Thales
Father of Philosophy
What was the basic political unit of Greece?
Parthenon
Which Persian king led attacks against the Greeks at the battles of Thermopylae and Salamis Bay?
Xerxes
Which building in Athens is dedicated to the goddess Athena?
Parthenon
Sparta formed what league to protect against foreign invasion and to prevent tyranny and democracy?
Peloponnesian League
What is my father's name?
Doug
The Olympic games were originally held in whose honor?
Zeus