City States
City State known for producing the best warriors
What is Sparta?
This was used for cooking and as a tasty spread
What is olive oil?
This Greek god was the ruling god on Mount Olympus
Who is Zeus?
King Darius and Xerxes were leaders of this empire that was a threat to Greek freedom.
What is Persia?
The famous Oracle to which all Greeks looked for advice and wisdom dwelled in this place
What is Delphi?
City State credited for inventing democracy
What is Athens?
Drachma
What is an ancient Greek coin?
This God was prayed to, worshipped, and feared by Greeks as the god of the seas and oceans.
Who is Posidon?
This is what Theseus met and killed beneath the palace of Minos in Knossos, Crete
What is a minotaur?
This is where the marathon race got its name
What is the Battle of Marathon?
People born in Troy, an important city in early Greek history, were called this.
What are Trojans?
This is where the Greeks debated issues democratically
What is the assembly or ekklesia?
This is the Greek god of love and health
Who is Aphrodite?
Alexander learned from his father to be an outstanding general. What was his Father's name?
Who is the Phillip II?
This is how leaders were chosen in city states
What is "by lot"?
Soldiers form this city state held off the Persian army at Thermopylae in a famous battle
What is Sparta?
To the Greeks, this is the measure of all things
What is man?
Who is Dionysus?
His name in Greek is spelled
Pi, lamda, alpha, tau, omicron
Who is Plato?
He was the author of the Odyssey and the Illiad
Who is Homer?
This city state was considered the "school of Greece"
What is Athens?
This Greek word means "praise earned" or "honor" and also happens to be a candy bar
This is the only unattractive Greek god whose realm included fire and who represented craftsman and artisans.
Who is Hephaestus?
This is the oath doctors take even today meaning "to do no harm"
What is the Hippocratic Oath?
Greeks used this instrument to calculate and compute numbers and prices in the agora
What is an abacus?