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People
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Gods and Godesses
Miscellaneous
100
Valuables taken in war.
What is Plunder
100
An ancient Greek philosopher and disciple of Socrates who was one of the most famous thinkers of ancient Greece.
Who is Plato
100
An island in the eastern Mediterranean Sea; the center of the Minoan civilization.
What is Crete
100
The God of wine.
Who is Dionysus
100
A Greek city-state that defeated Sparta.
What is Thebes
200
An outdoor marketplace in ancient Greece.
What is agora
200
Legendary King of the Minoan civilization.
Who is King Minos
200
The site of a mighty sea battle between Greece and Persia.
What is Salamis
200
The Godess of love and beauty.
Who is Aphrodite
200
A period of time in ancient Athens when Athenians excelled in the arts, philosophy, and government.
What is the Golden Age of Athens
300
To live forever.
What is immortal
300
Ancient Greek philosopher who developed an approach to teaching based on asking questions.
Who is Socrates
300
A mountain in northern Greece, thought by the ancient Greeks to be home of their Gods.
What is Mount Olympus
300
God of trade. The messenger God.
Who is Hermes
300
Fought between the Greeks and the people of troy. Gods and Godesses helped heroes on both sides of the war.
What is the Trojan War
400
A traditional story that may include Gods and Godesses and often tries to explain events in nature.
What is myth
400
The king of Macedonia who conquered a vast empire in Europe, Asia, and Africa.
Who is Alexander the Great
400
An Egyptian seaport city on the Mediterranean, a center of trade and learning in the Hellenistic Age.
What is Alexandria
400
God of the sea. He uses the trident.
Who is Poseidon
400
A Greek mathematician who developed the system of plane geometry.
Who is Euclid
500
A government by the people.
What is democracy
500
Ancient Greek philosopher and mathematician whose ideas led to the field of geometery.
Who is Pythagoras
500
An ancient country in northern Greece; a nation formed after the breakup of Yugoslavia.
What is Macedonia
500
Godess of the Hearth.
Who is Hestia
500
In ancient Greece, an allience was formed between Athens, and other Greek city-states.
What is the Delian League