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Oracle
What is a sacred shrine where a priest or priestess spoke for a god or goddess?
100
Epic
What is a long poem that tells about legendary or heroic deeds?
100
Fable
What is a short tale that teaches a lesson?
100
Drama
What is a story told by actors who pretend to be characters in the story?
100
Tragedy
What is a form of drama in which a person struggles to overcome difficulties but meets an unhappy end?
200
Alexander or Alexander the Great
Who was a commander in the army at 16 and a king at 20?
200
Myth
What is a traditional story about gods and heroes?
200
Thucydides
Who was considered by some to be the greatest historian of the ancient world?
200
Pythagoras
Who taught that the universe followed the same rules as music and numbers?
200
Macedonia
What is Greece's northern neighbor?
300
Stoics
Who taught that happiness came from reason and doing one's duty?
300
Sophists
Who taught that there was no absolute right and wrong?
300
Sophocles
Who was a dramatist who used painted scenery and three actors to tell a story?
300
Mount Olympus
What is the highest mountain in Greece?
300
Hellenistic Era
What is a time when Greek culture spread throughout the non-Greek world?
400
Archimedes
Who said, "Give me a lever and a place to stand, and I will move the earth?"
400
Plato
Who thought that governments should be headed by philosopher-kings?
400
Alexander the Great
Who freed the Greek cities in Asia Minor from Persian rule?
400
Rituals
What did the Greeks perform in the hopes that they would earn the favor of their gods and goddesses?
400
Conquering, inviting, and bribing
How did Philip II get some Greek cities to join him?
500
Euclid
Who told King Ptolemy that "There is no royal way to learn geometry"?
500
Philip II
Who was the Macedonian king who loved Greek culture and planned to conquer Persia?
500
The Trojan War
What is the "Iliad" about?
500
Athena
Who was the goddess of wisdom and crafts?
500
"History of the Persian Wars"
What book did Herodotus write?
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