Random Troy
Troy VI was spacious enough that people lived in houses of this many storeys
Two
Confident he knew which layer of the city was Homer's Troy, Schliemann dug all the way down to this layer
Troy II
Make like Zeus and take in the views of the Trojan War from this mountaintop
Mount Ida
"Salting the evidence? No way, this is Priam's treasure, no doubt about it!"
Heinrich Schliemann
Spartan babies were bathed in this unconventional liquid
Wine
Troy is known by this name in the Hittite records
Wilusa
This archaeologist found evidence of a lower town
Manfred Korfmann
Boys in the agoge bathe in this river all year round
Eurotas
"I'm not worried about these Athenians at Pylos... oops, I seem to have lost my shield... this isn't going to go down well back home."
Brasidas
Spartan women typically married at this age
Need to stock up on supplies in case of siege? Store it in these large vessels.
Pithoi
WWII interrupted this archaeologist's excavations of the site
These two rivers helped Schliemann identify the site of Troy
Simois and Scamander
"Pericles Schmericles... I'm the ultimate man of the people. I'm going to head off to Amphipolis and deal with this Brasidas guy for good."
Kleon
Ephialtes revealed a secret passage to the Persians and thus betrayed the Spartans at this battle
Thermopylae
Most of the pottery found in Troy VI belongs to these Greek people
Mycenaeans
This archaeologist drew detailed maps of the walls of the different Troys that are still used today
Dorpfeld
Places like Thasos and Amphipolis became key fighting grounds in the Peloponnesian War because of these resources
Gold and silver mines
"Be right back, got to go fight Achilles because my dumb brother abducted Helen from Sparta."
This "delicious" soup was commonly served at the Spartan Syssitia
Melas Zomos
Ajax
This current head archaeologist has found evidence of an even older level of Troy, which he has called Troy 0
Aslan
This island off the coast of Messenia proved to be a disastrous battleground for the Spartans during the Peloponnesian War
Sphakteria
"I've got plans, guys... Athens needs walls, and it needs walls fast. Let me head down to Lakonia and distract those dumb Spartans, while you start building."
Themistocles
This political body was responsible for electing the Ephors and Gerousia
Apella