Disputatious Deities
This flashy greek god overthrew the father who ate all of his sublings.
Who is Zeus?
This Athenian naval hero and founder of the port of Piraeus got salty after he was blackballed on corruption charges and fled to Persia.
Who is the patron of the greatest house at Founders, Themistocles?
Although they could get a little rambunctious some times, these triple decked ships would form the backbone of the Athenian navy during the Persian War
What are triremes?
This German businessman masked his lack of archeological acuity with enthusiasm for the Homeric epics and discovered the sites of Mycenae and Troy.
Who is Heinrich Schliemann?
This civilization has the august distinction of being the first culture to cultivate the Fertile Crescent.
What is Sumeria?
This Egyptian sun god is known for poking his beak into the business of the Pharaohs.
Who is Horus?
Who is Cimon?
The Athenians under Themistocles sent the Persian navy away squealing like pigs after this battle of the Persian War
What is the Battle of Salamis
This ancient Egyptian writing system using pictures would (insert extremely original comparison to emojis here).
What are hieroglyphics?
Like a bridge over troubled water, this Persian king, a man amongst men, manages to bring all the quarrelsome Greek city states together in 480 B.C.
Who is Xerxes?
This foresighted titan is known for bringing enlightenment to the human race but his later life is pretty much for the birds.
Who is Prometheus?
You could dedicate a whole symposium to all the times Athens said goodbye to this protege of Socrates who inspired the disastrous Sicilian Expedition.
Who is Alcibiades?
This conflict turned out to be a real bonding moment between the city states of the Greek mainland and the colonies in modern day Turkey fighting against the Persians.
What is the Ionian Revolt.
Your 8,000 year old great-great-great grandfather might have found himself mentioned on this ancient Sumerian inscription.
What is a King List?
This Babylonian king likes long walks in the desert, hanging around the palace gardening, and always takes his horoscopes seriously
Who is Nebuchadnezzar?
This semi-divine Sumerian figure with a dry sense of humor wasted a lot of bread trying to convince Gilgamesh that he didn't have what it takes to be immortal.
Who is Utnapishtim?
This not Spartan enough general won the Battle of Plataea for the combined Greek forces but his fashion sense got him in trouble later on.
Who is Pausanias?
Who is Rameses?
The secrets of this archaeological inscription originally made by Darius to celebrate the achievements of his reign became a real cliffhanger, leaving would-be readers in suspense until it was finally read in the 19th century
What is the Behistun Inscription?
This Sumerian hero-king and would be buddy-comedy star has just discovered the secret to immortality from Utnapishtim which is......................*snores*...............
This Persian prophet sacrificed a lot to reform the worship of Ahura Mazda and get people to focus on becoming good people and not telling lies
Who is Zoroaster?
This Athenian just couldn't wait for Themistocles to make a mistake, but eventually the founder of the Delian League found himself exiled from Athens on corruption charges.
Who is Aristides?
This no longer secret group of Spartan boys was tasked with keeping the helots under control by with terror tactics.
Ancient Sumerians weren't playing around when they used cuneiform script to write down the Epic of Gilgamesh in these languages.
What are Akkadian and Old Babylonian
This dreamy king is a bit middle of the road, but his grandson ends up as the first ruler of the Persian Empire.
Who is Astyages?