Mythology
Stories about Gods and heroes that try to explain how the world worked
What is Mythology?
Type of government in which people rule themselves
What is democracy?
Three seas that surround Greece
What are Ionian, Mediterranean, and Aegean Seas?
Poet that wrote the Iliad and Odyssey
Who was Homer?
Who were the Minoans?
King of the Gods
Who is Zeus
A leader who held power through the use of force
What is a tyrant?
What is a peninsula?
What are fables?
The early culture/group that developed fortresses on the Greek mainland
Who were the Mycenaeans?
God of the sea
Who was Poseidon?
A government in which only a few people have power
What is an oligarchy?
Much of mainland Greece is covered by this landform that makes it difficult for farming.
What are mountains?
Iliad and Odysey are examples of this type of poetry
What are Epic poems?
Greek word for city-state
What is polis?
These were built to honor the Greek Gods and keep them happy.
What are temples?
Brilliant leader of democracy in Athens who paid people who served in public office or juries to get them to participate in government.
Who was Pericles?
Poems set to music where the poet played a stringed instrument called a lyre while reading the poem
What are Lyric Poems?
A fortress often stood on top of a high hill called
What is the acropolis?
Goddess of Wisdom
Who is Athena?
Type of democracy where citizens select representatives to create and enforce laws.
What is Representative Democracy?
Crop that grew on trees in Greece for food and oil
What are olive trees?
Main characters in most fables
What are animals?
Attacked the city of Troy and possibly started the Trojan War
What are the Mycenaeans?