Hollywood movie based on the legend of a small number of Spartans holding back the Persian invasion and giving the Greeks more time to prepare for battle.
What is 300?
An open public space often used for marketplaces or assemblies
What was the Agora?
Later Greek system of government that empowered free male citizens to participate in the decision making of their society
What is Democracy?
Father of History
Who was Herodotus?
Mythical son of Zeus who gave up his status as a God for love with a mortal woman
Who was Heracles?
The League formed between many City-States in Greece in order to protect each other from Persian invasion.
What was the Delian League?
The greater body of water just south of Greece that allowed them to trade with other cultures such as Egypt.
What is the Mediterranean?
What is "Warrior Society"?
Greek politician during the Golden age of Greece
Who was Pericles?
Most powerful of all gods on Mount Olympus
Who was Zeus
The Wars fought between Athens and Sparta
What are the Peloponnesian Wars?
Often holding a temple or citadel of some kind, this structure sat at the top of a hill in the center of a city.
What was the Acropolis?
"Philos" and "Sophia" combine to mean what?
What is Love of Knowledge?
Persian king who invaded Greece just like his daddy before him
Who was Xerxes?
Brother of Zeus and caretaker of the Underworld
Who was Hades?
Wars fought between Persia and Greece
What are the Greco-Persian Wars?
The sea that holds many of the islands and port cities that made up the heart of ancient Greece
What is the Aegean Sea?
The "Father of History"
Who was Herodotus?
Owner of a Mythical/ Theoretical ship whos journey encourages philosophers to question identity and metaphysics.
Who is Theseus?/ Ship of Theseus
First wife of Zeus, she was known as the wisest being to have ever existed
Who was Metis?
A major victory that Greece had over Persia, news of this battle was carried by a man who ran 26.2 miles to share the news.
What was the Battle of Marathon?
The large island off the coast of mainland Greece that was home to several important City-States including Sparta.
What is the Peloponnese?
The word "Polis" means...
City or Community
Father of Philosophy
Who was "Socrates"?
Father to Zeus, Hades, and Poseidon, this god was vanquished after Zeus tricked him into eating a poison that caused him to vomit up the rest of his children whom he had eaten!!
Who was Chronos?