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This was the earliest known civilization in ancient Greece.
Who are the Minoans?
A form of government in which a few people rule.
What is an oligarchy?
The war between Athens and Sparta that lasted over 27 years.
What is the Peloponnesian War?
The messenger god of Ancient Greece.
Who is Hermes?
The ancient Greek temple on the Acropolis of Athens.
What is the Parthenon?
_______ was the language used of almost all scholarly writing during the first century AD.
What is Greek?
Who are the Mycenaeans?
A form of government in which the citizens have the power to rule.
What is a democracy?
The center of religious life in Athens; a hill overlooking the city of Athens.
What is the Acropolis?
Greek philosopher who devoted himself to the study of science, introduced the scientific method.
Who is Aristotle?
This poet and storyteller is most famous for writing The Iliad and The Odyssey.
Who is Homer?
This twenty year-old established an empire that heavily spread Greek culture.
Who is Alexander the Great?
A peninsula that forms the southern portion of Greece; site of the Peloponnesian War.
What is the Peloponnesus?
Boys entered military training at this age in Sparta.
What is 7?
The defensive alliance of Greek city-states led by Athens.
What is the Delian League?
Greek philosopher who encouraged his students to seek truth through human reason and asking questions.
Who is Socrates?
This form of column features a fancy, leaf-like design at its top.
What is Corinthian?
This collection of God's word was written between AD 50-100, and was written in Greek.
The Minoan civilization lived on this island.
What is Crete?
Women tended to have less rights and freedom in this city-state.
What is Athens?
The alliance of Greek city-states led by Sparta.
What is the Peloponnesian League?
The Greeks believed their gods lived on this highest mountain of Greece.
What is Mount Olympus?
This was a short story that taught a lesson, often about regular people.
What is a fable?
This term means "like the Greeks."
What is Hellenistic?
The Mycenaeans are said to have started this famous war.
What is the Trojan War?
This man was one of the leaders of the Athenian democracy and is considered one of the best orators, or speakers, of all time.
This city-state is considered to have won the Peloponnesian War.
What is Sparta?
Ancient Greek goddess of harvest.
Who is Demeter?
Special festivals originally held in the city of Olympia in Greece to honor the gods.
What are Olympic Games?
What is the Old Testament?