"P" words
What was the name of the empire that expanded across Asia Minor?
Persia
Who was the most favored god of the city of Athens?
Athena
What was the name of the city that Paris fled to with Helen?
Troy
What was the name of Paris's brother, prince of Troy?
Hector
Killed his father, married his mother
Oedipus
Which ancient temple, dedicated to the goddess Athena, stands atop a hill in Athens and is considered a masterpiece of classical Greek architecture?
Parthanon
What is the name of the hill in the center of Athens?
Acropolis
Which hero from Greek mythology is famous for slaying the Minotaur in the Labyrinth of Crete?
Theseus
Which ancient Greek poet is traditionally credited with composing the epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey?
Homer
The oracle
What was the capital of the Persian Empire?
Persepolis
What is the name of the daughter of Oedipus that gave her brother the proper burial rights?
Antigone
What was the name od the person "ostracized" from Athens?
Themistocles
What is the name of a slave in Spartan society?
Helot
Poet who emphasized emotion, love and relationships.
Sappho
What is another word for "city-state"?
Polis
Who wrote the tale of the grasshopper and the ant?
Aesop
What is the name of the ship that allowed the Greeks to sink the Persian navy at Salamis?
Trireme
Which ancient writer told wild stories about giant gold-digging ants and flying snakes while also recording real events like the Persian Wars?
Herodotus
Most famous not for his answers, but for his questions
Socrates
What was the name of the alliance led by Sparta?
Pelopponesian League
The marketplace.
Agora
This person wrote a history of the wars fought between Sparta and Athens.
Thucydides.
Queen of the gods, god of the underworld, messenger god
Hera, Hades, Hermes
An island that was the center of a volcanic eruption that is likely to have wiped out the Minoan people
Santorini