Greek Dudes
The most famous leader of Athens
Pericles
Men who ruled with absolute authority in Greece were called ____________.
tyrants
Athens was the first to have this form of government
democracy
The earliest known civilization in Greece was the ___________________
Minoan
Fanciful stories about gods and goddesses in ancient Greece are called __________.
myths
Who taught his students with thought-provoking questions?
Socrates
The league founded by Athens was called the ___________________
Delian League
The busy marketplace in the center of Athens was called an _________________
agora
What island did the Minoans live on?
Crete
Aristotle was a Greek philosopher who devoted himself to the study of _____________.
The first geometry book was written by
Euclid
The League founded by the city state Sparta was the
Peloponnesian League
Unlike Athens, the focus of Sparta was
having a strong military
The ______________ gained their wealth through trade, while the _____________________ were more warlike.
philosopher
This blind poet and storyteller is the reason we know much about Greek Dark Age, and have epics called The Iliad and The Odyssey.
Homer
The war between Sparta and Athens was known as the _____________________ ___________.
Peloponnesian War
The center of religious life in Athens was the
Acropolis
Alexander the Great spread the love for _____________ culture and language throughout all the world he conquered.
Greek
The two genres/types of plays performed by the ancient Greeks were ______________ and _________________.
comedies/tragedies
Who estimated the circumference of the world with reasonable accuracy?
Eratosthenes
A famous Athenian general and historian who recorded much of what we know about the Peloponnesian War.
Thucydides
The ancient Greek temple on the Acropolis known for its many columns and optical illusions in its design.
Parthenon.
Alexander the Great was from _______________
Macedonia
Plato thought that only the most _______________ men should rule in an ideal government.
intelligent/smart/wise