Places
Athens is the capital of this nation.
What is Greece?
This is the wife of Zeus and the goddess of marriage and family.
Who is Hera?
This book documents the events AFTER the Trojan War. Written by Homer.
What is the Odyssey?
This slave led a revolt, trying to escape from Roman servitude by going to the coast via the Appian Way.
Who is Spartacus?
This is the second letter of the Greek Alphabet.
What is beta?
The Punic Wars were fought between Carthage and this nation.
What is Rome/Italy?
This ROMAN god was the god of water and the oceans.
Who is Neptune?
This hero is said to have killed a minotaur.
Who is Theseus?
This child flew too close to the sun with his wings and fell to his death.
Who is Icarus?
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What is 34?
This river was crossed by Julius Caesar, declaring war on Rome when it happened.
What is the Rubicon?
This titan was forced to hold up the weight of the sky.
Who is Atlas?
This phrase was uttered by Julius Caesar at his death.
What is "Et tu, Brute."
This woman opened a forbidden box, releasing all of the world's evils.
Who is Pandora?
This letter is the Greek equivalent (makes the same noise as) the letter L.
What is lambda?
Julius Caesar went to conquer Gaul, located in this current European country.
What is France?
This ROMAN god is the god of war.
Who is Mars?
This war was fought between the Athenians and Spartans.
What is the Peloponnesian War?
This Persian leader killed the 300 Spartans in the Persian War and declared himself as a God.
Who is Xerxes?
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What is 277?
Named the "Hot Gates", this is the battle where the 300 Spartans under Leonidas were killed.
What is Thermopylae?
This titan was punished by Zeus for giving fire to humans.
Who is Prometheus?
This man was killed by a turtle being dropped upon his head.
Who is Aeschylus?
This Greek philosopher wrote the Credo and The Republic, the pupil of Socrates.
Who is Plato?
This book by George Orwell can also be written as MCMLXXXIV.
What is 1984?