City-States
What is Sparta?
Known for his heroics at the battle of Thermopylae.
Who was Leonidas?
Why did Orpheus fail to bring back Eurydice from the dead?
He looked back while she was still in the dark.
Who started the Peloponnesian war?
Who was Sparta.
What was the birth place of Hercules?
What is Thebes
In this City-State men were required to stay fit and fight till the age of 60.
Who was Sparta?
Ended the farmers' debts and freed the enslaved.
Who was Solon?
What constellation was created from the Castor and Pollux myth.
The Gemini constellation.
What did the Athenians do that made King Darius upset?
They interfered by sending warships to help the rebels.
What was the most famous Oracle?
The Oracle of Delphi
Why was it difficult for City-states to unify?
The mountains and islands separated the City-states
The leader of Athens during their golden age.
Hypnos manages to put an olympian to sleep in one of the myths. Which olympian?
Zeus.
Why couldn't the Greeks stop the Persians at Thermopylae?
There was a traitor that showed the Persians a trial behind the Greeks.
What happened in a tragedy?
The main character struggles to overcome hardships, and fails to succeed.
Was founded by the descendants of the Mycenaeans.
What is Athens?
Referred to as the "Father of Athenian democracy."
Who was Cleisthenes?
How did Psyche betray the trust of Eros.
Psyche was told to never look at Eros and his face. Her sisters convince her to look and so Psyche breaks her word to Eros.
How did Sparta obtain a Navy during the war?
Made a deal with the Persians, the Persians giving Sparta gold in exchange of Greek territory.
What was the style of Greek art called today?
What is classical?
Which City-state defeated and seized Sparta, ending the Sparta Empire?
What is Thebes?
Killed hundreds of thousands of Native people during his campaign.
Who was Alexander the Great?
Where did Theseus leave Ariadne?
He leaves her on Naxos.
Why did Sparta place a blockade around Athens?
It prevented food from entering the city, which caused them to surrender a year later.
What philosopher developed the idea of "the republic?"
Who was Plato?