City-States
This city-state focused on education and poetry. They have two governing bodies know as the Council of Four Hundred taking care of day-to-day problems and the Assembly to vote on policies.
What is Athens?
This epic poem is most famous for its portray of heroes. The Greek warrior Achilles was one of the strongest warriors. His mother dipped Achilles in a river that would make him live forever. An arrow wounded Achilles in his weak spot, the heel that his mother held him by when she dipped him.
What is the Iliad?
The wife of Zeus
Who was Hera?
This city-state was known for its militarism and conquering neighboring lands and was one of the strongest armies sending children age of seven to train in barracks.
What is Sparta?
This other story was also in the Iliad that portrays a Greek hero. His journey to get home took him 10 years with facing many dangers and having god work with him and against him.
Who is Odysseus?
Was the ruler of the city Athens. She is the goddess of wisdom and war. Also one of the twelve gods/goddesses to live on the summit of Mount Olympus.
Who was Athena?
This type of empire was known for its sailors and way of sailing boats. This was a empire with the strongest navy and would have a surplus in items like fish, oils, and wine.
What is Greece?
One of Aesop's fables which explains two animals with human characteristics to explain a moral that this story would encourage us to work steadily at a task that would seem impossible to accomplish.
What is the Hare and the Tortoise?
He is the ruler of all gods. Known to be the god of lightning and weather, and was also one of the twelve gods to live on the summit of Mount Olympus.
Who is Zeus?