Greek Religion
A collection of stories that explains events, beliefs, or actions.
What is mythology?
Athens used the money from its alliance with other city-states to build this powerful maritime military force.
What is a navy?
This military force was Sparta's strength.
What is an army?
A military tactic in which troops surround a city with soldiers in an attempt to take control of it.
What is a siege?
This Macedonian king's ultimate goal was to conquer all of Greece and Persia but was assassinated before he could accomplish it.
Who was Philip II of Macedonia?
This multicultural city was founded by Alexander the Great in Egypt.
What is Alexandria?
This famous philosopher was Alexander the Great's teacher.
Who was Aristotle?
The top 12 Greek gods who lived in luxury on Mount Olympus.
Who were the Olympians?
A term for a great period of cultural achievement.
What is a golden age?
This military alliance was created by Sparta to compete with Athens and its military alliance.
What is the Peloponnesian League?
A conflict over this island led to the end of the brief truce between Athens and Sparta.
What is Sicily?
A battle formation used by the Macedonians in which soldiers stood close together to protect themselves from enemy attack.
What is a phalanx?
One of the most famous buildings in Alexandria, Egypt, that housed many of the ancient world's books and knowledge.
What is the Library of Alexandria?
This famous philosopher believed that things on earth were lesser versions of their ideals in heaven.
Who is Plato?
A term for someone who is able to live forever.
What is an immortal?
This military alliance was created by Athens and other city-states to protect against future Persian invasions.
What is the Delian League?
Typically when a city was captured during war, this would be done to the city's women and children.
What is enslavement?
Sparta allied with this old enemy in order to fully defeat the Athenians.
What is Persia?
The name of Alexander the Great's beloved horse.
Who was Bucephalus?
The Greek word for "Greece."
What is Hellas?
This famous philosopher was executed for charges of corrupting the youth and not worshiping the gods.
Who was Socrates?
For private worship, most Greeks would have a small one of these in their homes to pray to their gods.
What are altars?
This massive temple on the Athenian Acropolis was dedicated to the goddess Athena.
What is the Parthenon?
A term for an agreement to stop fighting.
What is a truce?
After Sparta defeated Athens, it replaced its democracy with this form of government.
What is an oligarchy?
This famous mythical hero from Homer's Iliad inspired young Alexander the Great.
Who is Achilles?
The period of time that marked the spread of Greek culture across the ancient world.
What is the Hellenistic period?
This Greek slave wrote short fables about animals in order to teach lessons.
Who was Aesop?
A term for a god who was believed to protect a particular city-state. A city-states largest temple would often be dedicated to them.
What is a patron god?
A form of government in which citizens gather together to vote on laws and policies.
What is a direct democracy?
In contrast to Sparta's military strategy, the Athenians withdrew its armies behind these.
What are (city) walls?
The battle at this city marked a turning point it the war, in which Sparta sank 200 of Athens' ships and enslaved or killed 40,000 of Athens' soldiers.
What is Syracuse?
After Alexander's death, his empire was divided amongst this group.
Who were Alexander's generals?
A term meaning "worldly."
What is cosmopolitan?
Greek Philosophers used these two things in order to understand the universe.
What are logic and reason?