Major Conflicts in Greece
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Random Trivia
100
The Athenians beat the Persians on a field, causing the Persians to retreat. Pheidippides ran to Athens to tell everyone they had won the battle.
What is the Battle of Marathon?
100
We get the word "Metropolis" from this Greek word that means "city."
What is "Polis"?
100
One of the big three philosophers in ancient Greece.
Who were Socrates, Plato, or Aristotle?
100
The two types of dramas in Greek culture.
What is tragedy and comedy?
100
He is the most powerful Olympian in Greek Mythology
Who is Zeus?
200
This battle is nicknamed "The Battle of 300." It was a battle between Sparta and the Persians.
What is the Battle of Thermopylae?
200
A high city with great marble temples dedicated to gods and goddesses.
What is an acropolis?
200
A student to Socrates.
Who was Plato?
200
A temple dedicated to the goddess Athena, the most famous example of Greek architecture.
What is the Parthenon?
200
Someone who gains power by force.
What is a tyrant?
300
Legend has it, this battle was fought because the Prince, Paris, kidnapped Helen, the beautiful wife of a Greek king.
What is the Trojan War?
300
A city located in Attica just north of the Peloponnesus.
What is Athens?
300
A student to Plato.
Who is Aristotle?
300
In Sparta these people had to produce healthy sons the to join the army.
Who were the Women of Sparta?
300
A government led by the people.
What is democracy?
400
The battle in which a Greek fleet defeated much larger Persian naval forces.
What is the Battle of Salamis?
400
The first three types of government that Athens went through before it became a democracy.
What is a monarchy, aristocracy, and an oligarchy?
400
His nickname was the "Father of History."
Who is Herodotus?
400
A poet who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey.
Who is Homer?
400
A massive tactical formation of heavily armed soldiers.
What is a Phalanx?
500
A Greek infantryman
What is a hoplite?
500
Two kings and a council of elders who advised monarchs.
What is the Spartan government?
500
A historian who wrote about the Peloponnesian War and showed no bias.
Who is Thucydides?
500
Watercolor paintings done on wet plaster.
What are frescoes?
500
A school Aristotle created.
What is the Lyceum?
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