Government Glow-Ups
This form of government means “rule by the best.”
What is Oligarchy?
This battle featured a runner who died after delivering news of victory.
What is Marathon.
This literary form features a noble character’s downfall.
What is a tragedy.
This philosopher believed water was the primal substance.
Who is Thales.
This character is Agamemnon’s wife who kills him.
Who is Clytemnestra.
This structure means “high city.”
What is the Acropolis?
This lawgiver was known for harsh punishments
Who is Draco?
BONUS--What word does that give us?
This Spartan king died defending a mountain pass. Themistocles, Leonidas, or Darius I?
Who is Leonidas?
This figure stepped out of the chorus to become the first actor. Sappho, Hesiod, or Thespis?
Who is Thespis.
This thinker said you can’t step in the same river twice.
Who is Heraclitus.
This daughter is sacrificed for favorable winds.
Who is Iphigeneia?
This leader oversaw Athens’ Golden Age and building projects.
Who is Pericles?
This democratic leader introduced ostracism. Draco, Cleisthenes, or Solon?
Who is Cleisthenes?
Darius I told Leonidas that if the Spartans would not surrender, he would darken the sky with these.
What are arrows?
Aristotle’s work analyzing drama is called this.
What is the Poetics
This philosopher proposed atoms as the building blocks of matter. Parmenides, Anaxamanes, or Democritus.
Who is Democritus.
This son later avenges Agamemnon’s death.
Who is Orestes?
Herodotus wrote "The Persian Wars," making him the father of what writing genre?
What is history?
This stage of government involved elections, term limitation, and voting.
What is a democracy?
This naval battle was a major Greek victory led by Themistocles. Was it Marathon, Thermopoylae, or Salamis.
What is Salamis?
Aristotle said that good drama takes place in a certain time frame called Tragic Time that is this amount of time.
What is 24 hours or a day.
Anaximenes believed this was the arche.
What is air.
This prophetess is captured as a war prize.
Who is Cassandra?
Aristotle said a complex plot in a play should have this element, which basically means something that was considered good news actually turns bad. . .
What is reversal?
Bonus: And what follows that?
This stage of government involved kings claiming divine authority.
What is a monarchy.
At the Battle of Thermopylae, how many Spartans faced thouands of Persians?
What is 300
This dramatic element represents the voice of society
Who is the Chorus.
Thales was also very clever because he accurately predicted this natural phenomenon in 585 BC.
What is a solar eclipse.
Clytemnestra asked Agamemnon to walk on red _________ when he comes home.
What are tapestries?
Aristotle also said we love drama because we enjoy mimesis, which means_______
What is an imitation of life?
This form of government is rules by one person; there have been lots of bad ones, but we discussed Pisistratus, who championed the poor.
What is tyranny.
This league united Greek city-states after the Persian Wars. Melian, Spartan, or Delian?
What is the Delian League
This type of play is characterized by a lowly character being elevated.
What is a comedy?
This group believed truth and morality were relative and became basically the first lawyers.
Who are Sophists.
This group of people are unsure what to do after Agamemnon's murder, but they certainly think his cousin is a coward.
Who is the Chorus?
This era followed the Persian Wars and featured artistic perfection.
What is the Classical Era?