Greece Misc.
These modern games held every four years originated in many different city-states in Greece
What are the Olympics?
Athens is the birthplace of this kind of form of government
What is a direct democracy?
Despite its arid climate and volcanic soil, Santorini is well-known for the production of what
What is wine?
This boy and his father Daedalus flew too close to the sun on the island of Crete in a very famous myth
Who is Icarus?
The ruler of the Greek Gods
Who is Zeus?
After Thespis invented theater by acting out different emotions with masks, it soon spread over all of Greece and playmakers wrote plays falling into three categories: Satyr plays, comedies, and this
Athena (the chosen patron god of Athens and namesake for the city) was the goddess of this
What is wisdom and warfare
There is more of these buildings than there are residential houses in Santorini
What are churches?
The oldest trees in the world of this variety are located in Vouves Village, Crete (Hint: it's a very Greek tree)
What is an Olive Tree?
DAILY DOUBLE
Whoever names more Greek gods gets what they wagered
This great person and his father unified all of the city states in Greece to make the Ancient Greece we all knew
Who is Alexander the Great?
Everyone in Athens could vote except these people
Who are women, children, slaves, and foreigners (called metics)
The island of Nea Kameni in the middle of the Santorini archipelago is actually this geologic feature
What is a volcano?
This Greek God was born in Dikteon Cave in Crete
Who is Zeus?
This was where all of the Greek Gods lived (minus Hades)
What is Mount Olympus?
Another city-state that was obsessed with physical perfection, had amazing and terrifying militaries with boys who had been training since 12, and treated their women surprisingly well for ancient Greece
What is Sparta?
The acropolis is an ancient citadel located on a rocky outcrop above the city of Athens, and contains the remains of several ancient buildings of great architectural and historical significance. This temple is the biggest and most famous one on this acropolis
What is the Parthenon?
After a volcanic eruption, the ancient Minoan town of Akrotiri was destroyed much like Pompeii in Italy. In fact, Akrotiri was so decimated that it inspired this mythical destroyed city/civilization described by Greek philosopher Plato
What is The Lost City of Atlantis?
Crete wasn't always a part of Greece, they were apart of the Ottoman empire until 1898 and were independent until this year (within 7 years)
When is 1913?
The head of this mythologic monster was put on the shields of Ancient Greek warriors because it was said to paralyze people in fear (almost like turning them to stone)
Who is Medusa?
A blind poet named Homer supposedly wrote two epics (The Iliad and Odyssey) which take place during and after this war
What was the Trojan War?
The Athenian philosopher Aristotle was inspired by the great Athenian philosopher Plato, who was the student of this very famous Athenian philosopher
Who is Socrates?
According to an epic/myth written in the third century BC, the group of islands that are now Santorini were created by a man called Euphemus who was the son of this god
Who is Poseidon?
This monster, with the head of a bull and the body of a human, was said to wander the Labyrinths of Knossos (the oldest city in Crete, Greece, and Europe)
What is the minotaur?
This group of gods (six brothers and five sisters) were responsible for controlling the sea, sun, moon, harvests, justice, planets and memories before they were killed by Zeus and his siblings
Who are the Titans?