City-States
This Greek city-state is named after the Goddess Athena
What is Athens?
This poet is credited with composing the Iliad and the Odyssey
Who is Homer?
Philip II of Macedon revolutionized warfare in part by introducing this 4-6 m spear.
What is a sarissa?
This famous battle of 490 BCE marked a significant Greek victory against Darius I and his Persian army, despite being outnumbered - also the start of the Classical era.
What is the Battle of Marathon?
Name the 12 major gods and goddesses who reside atop Mount Olympus
Who are the Olympians?
This Greek city-state revered the bull.
What is the Minoans?
He is Known as the Father of Democracy
Who is Cleisthenes?
This artistic technique in sculpture is characterized by one foot forward and one hip out - making for a more relaxed and natural pose
What is contrapposto?
This narrow pass was the site of a heroic stand by King Leonidas and the Spartans against the Persian invasion in 480 BCE
The Battle of Thermopylae
This was a sacred stone believed to mark the centre of the world at the Oracle of Delphi
What is the Omphalos?
This is the Greek word for City
What is Polis?
This Athenian led Athens during its Golden Age and oversaw the construction of the Pantheon and the Long Walls. He ultimately died due to a plague that ravaged Athens during the Peloponnesian War
Who is Pericles?
The three branches of Athenian democracy? Either Greek or English words. BED
What are;
Assembly - Ekklesia
Council of 500 - Boule
Jury - Dikasteria
The Peloponnesian war was between these two powerful city-states, which lasted for 27 years.
What are Athens and Sparta?
In ancient Greek religious practices, offerings such as animals or crops were made on alters to the gods during a ritual known as a
What is a sacrifice?
The Greeks set these up to deal with overpopulation and trade and resource acquisition
What are colonies?
This Athenian philosopher argued that there exists a different realm of perfect Forms
Who is Plato?
The Spartan council of Elders?
What is the Gerousia?
The Greek statesman and great Orator, Demosthenes-tried to rally Athens against the advances of this enemy army in 338 BCE, led by Philip II
What is Macedon?
The three C's of Greek religion - it was not based on Code nor Creed, it was based on trying to earn a god’s favor and avoid punishment known as ___________
What is cult?
In Southern Italy and Sicily, these Greek colonies were so dense that they became known as
What is Magna Grecia?
Considered the father of Greek tragedy, this playwrite wrote works like the The Oresteia and won the Dionysia an amazing 13 times!
Who is Aeschylus?
The name of the final period of ancient Greek history which combines Greek and Persian culture
What is the Hellenistic Period?
At the Battle of Gaugamela in 331BCE, he decisively defeated the Persian king Darius III, securing his control over the Persian Empire
Who is Alexander the Great?
The Panathenaea, the Olympics, and the Dionysia are all examples of?
What are religious festivals?