Famous Greek Figures
Writing stories that are still told today, This author taught us about morals with characters such as a tortoise and a hare.
Who is Aesop?
This Greek god was known as the father of the gods and the son of Cronos. He is often depicted with a lightning bolt.
Who is Zeus?
This Greek invention helped them use natural power to grind grain, and irrigation.
What is the Water mill (or wheel)?
This government is one where all people have a say in what is decided, potentially leading to some very long debates.
What is a democracy?
This Ancient Greek story was about the Trojan war, and the main character Achilles.
What is the Iliad?
This is the home of the great deities that defeated the Titans.
What is Mount Olympus?
The three seas three seas surround the Peninsula of Greece.
What are the Agean, Ionian, and the Mediterranean?
This god was known as the god of wealth or "the rich one" because he possessed all the metals of the world. He also had a helmet that made the wearer invisible.
Who is Hades?
This mythical ancient Greek figure was the goddess of victory, often depicted holding a crown of laurels for the winner.
Who is Nike?
Without this Ancient Greek invention, many people would lose their jobs, but thanks to Ctesibius we are all safe.
What is the alarm clock?
These governments are ruled by the people with the most money.
What is an aristocracy?
In this ancient tale, Odysseus travels home through many challenges after the Trojan War.
What is they Odyssey?
This major island is just south of the Greek peninsula, and served as an important trade port.
What is Crete?
This is the word for city state in Ancient Greece.
This person was responsible for introducing Democracy to the Ancient Greeks.
Who is Cleisthenese?
Who is Ares?
This invention by Anaximander, allowed people to get a good look at their surrounding areas.
What is Cartography?
This type of government is run by a few elite and powerful people.
What is an oligarchy?
This Greek lesson taught us that no act of kindness, no matter how small should be taken for granted?
This colossal statue of the Sun god Helios, stood over the entry to to a Greek city built in the 4th Century BC.
What is the Colossus of Rhodes?
These first people lived on the island of Crete and were sadly wiped out by a massive volcano.
Who are the Minoans?
This famous Greek mathematician was known for his study of math and its relationship with other subjects, as well as having a street in Helena named after him.
Who is Euclid?
This Greek god was the son of Zeus and Leto and had a twin sister who loved to hunt.
Who is Apollo?
This Greek invention is taught in high schools across America, thanks to Archimedes, Pythagoras, and many others.
What is geometry?
The United States government is this.
What is a representative democracy/ republic?
Who authored both stories about Achilles and Odysseus?
This profession/ Skill is what the Minoans were famous for.
What is master ship building?
These people lived on the peninsula of Greece and are considered the first true Greeks.
Who are the Mycenaeans?
Who was Hippocrates?
This goddess was is the goddess of Knowledge and War and the Parthenon was dedicated to her.
Who is Athena?
This invention by Archimedes of Syracuse allowed people to see how far they had come around 27 BC.
What is the Odometer?
The Greek government came to the decision to execute Socrates, why and how?
What is because he was corrupting the youth, and by poisonous Hemlock
These Ancient Greek poets would go around reciting poetry to music, and today we get a word directly from their name.
What is a lyric poet?
In this myth, these two people are the reasons why we have seasons now.
Who are Hades and Persephone?
Who is Athena?