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Who Am I?
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Architecture
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I am the goddess of agriculture.  Pray to me so that your crops will grow.
Who is Demeter?
100

I was the most famous philosopher in all of Greece.  I created a method of teaching that included questions and answers.

Who is Socrates?

100
Epic poems written by Homer.
What are the Illiad and the Odyssey?
100

The first Olympic games were played in Greece in honor of him.

Who is Zeus?

100
A maze with no ending.
What is a labyrinth?


100
The simplest of columns.
What is Doric?
200

I am the best god that ever lived.  I am the god of light, truth, music, and prophecy.

Who is Apollo?

200
The oath, "First, do no harm", was named after me and I was the first physician.
Who is Hippocrates?
200
The type of government, still used today, that was developed by the Greeks.
What is democracy?
200
Gods and Goddesses made their home here.
What is Mount Olympus?
200

1/2 man and 1/2 bull, I lived in the labyrinth of King Minas. Sadly, I was killed by Theseus. I wasn't a bad person.

Who is the Minotaur?


200
Identified by the large swirls at the top.
What is Ionic?
300
I was kidnapped by Hades and forced to live half the year in the underworld.
Who is Persephone?
300
I am the father of history.
Who is Herodutus?
300
The war that was made famous in Homer's The Illiad.
What is the Trojan War?
300
The Parthenon has a huge statue of this goddess inside.
Who is Athena?


300
Simple tunic worn by men and women.
What is a chiton?


300
The most ornate of the Greek columns.
What is Corinthian?
400
I am smart and wise, but also vengeful.  In anger, I turned Arachne into a spider to spin her webs.
Who is Athena?
400

I was credited with discovering a great law of physics: that a body displacecs its own weight in water.

Who is Archimedes?

400

Here, ancient Greeks consulted the god Apollo about the future.

What is Delphi?  

400
As a city-state we were different than Athens in that we treated women as equals and they were full citizens.
What is Sparta?
400
A person who seeks wisdom through thinking and reasoning.
What is a philosopher?
400
Built to honor Athena.
What is the Parthenon?
500
I am the God of love.  In Rome they call me Cupid.
Who is Eros?
500

I was able to make a fairly accurate measurement of the circumference of the Earth, and even calculated the distance to the sun and the moon.

Who is Eratosthenes?

500
A main crop of the Ancient Greeks, it is still one of the main crops of Greece, usually exported as an oil.
What are olives?
500

The Greeks made this change to the Phoenician alphabet that led to the development of our modern alphabet.

What is adding vowels?

500
A marketplace in the middle of the town square.
What is the agora?
500
The Parthenon was built upon this rocky, raised area of Athens.
What is the Acropolis?