Geography
Aegean Sea
What is the name of the sea off the east coast of Greece?
A leader who maintains power through force
What is a tyrant?
Greek author of many Fables
Who was Aesop?
Greek King of the Gods
Who is Zeus?
Polis
What is the Greek Word meaning city state?
Ionian Sea
What is the name of the sea off the west coast of Greece?
A government in which only a few have power
What is an Oligarchy?
A body of stories about gods and heroes that tries to explain how the world works
What is Mythology?
Jason, Theseus, and Hercules
Who are some Greek Heros?
The largest sporting contest in Ancient Greece
What were the Olympics?
Island inhabited by the Minoans
What is the Isle of Crete?
How did Athenian democracy differ from democracy in the United States today?
Athens was a direct Democracy whereas the United States is a representative democracy.
Author of the Iliad and the Odyssey
Who was Homer?
Who was the Oracle of Delphi?
Greek phrase for a really hard job
What is a 'Herculean' task?
The Mycaena
What is the name of the giant fortress for which the Mycenaeans are named?
The ruler who decreed the men of Athen's Citizens
Who was Salon?
The story of the Trojan War
What is The Iliad?
Cauterizing the neck each time he lobbed off a head
How did Hercules defeat the hydra?
"Titanic," "tantalizing," "Achilles Heel, and "echo," for example
What are English words and phrases taken from the Greek?
What are some examples of Greek Colonies?
The conquerors that limited Athenian democracy
Who were the Macedonians?
The most famous of the Grecian lyric poets
Who was Sappho?
The mythological origin of the four seasons
What is Demeter's wrath towards Hades for stealing her daughter down into the underworld for 6 months of the year?
They did not speak Greek
Why aren't the Minoans considered a Greek civilization?