Famous Greeks
Father of History
Who is Herodotus?
the mountain-pass battle a Spartan army fought to its death
What is Thermopylae?
city-state reigned supreme on the sea
Athens
the earliest period of Greek art
What is archaic?
Minoans had this as their capital city
What is Knossos?
Taught that every illness and disease has a natural cause
Who is Hippocrates?
Persian king led the second invasion of Greece after crossing the Hellespont on a bridge of boats
Who is Xerxes I?
leader of the Delian League
Athens
the correct order for the periods of Greek sculpture
What is archaic, classical, Hellenistic?
This ancient civilization focused on military
What is Mycenae?
Determined the circumference of the globe by using geometry
Who is Erotosthenes?
became the leading city-state of Greece after Persian Wars
What is Athens?
Name of Sparta's slaves
What are Helots?
city where the best example of Greek architecture can be found
What is Athens?
Became the center of early Greek Civilization
Philosopher who made extensive use of syllogisms
Aristotle
What is the Bay of Marathon?
Became the champion of the oligarchical form of government
term used for the formal study of human thought and culture
What is humanities?
City located near the Hellespont became a major commercial rival for other early Greek cities
Troy
Often been called the Father of Geometry
Euclid
devised a trap of Xerxes by sending a slave to tell him the way the Greeks were going
Who is Themistocles?
the chief magistrate in Athens
What is archon?
period of Greek art produced the highest achievement in Greek sculpture
What is classical?
Invaders conquered the Mycenaean civilization in 1200 BC and ushered in a new period of Greek history
What are the Dorians?