Gods and Goddesses
King of the gods.
Who is Zeus?
This city was led by warrior kings.
What is Sparta?
Wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey.
Who was Homer?
The mountain that the Olympic Games were named after.
What is Mount Olympus?
The belief in many gods.
What is polytheism?
The goddess of strife.
Who is Eris?
Boys in Sparta went away at this age to learn to be soldiers.
What is seven?
Rode a horse named Bucephalus
Who was Alexander the Great?
Winners of races were given these to wear on their heads.
What is olive branch wreaths?
The belief in one god.
What is monotheism?
The goddess of love.
Who was Aphrodite?
Athens had this form of government.
What is a democracy?
Athenian philosopher who believed that citizens of democracy must be educated.
Who is Plato?
Number of years between each Olympic Games.
What is four years?
One of the most famous Greek buildings (was a temple built to honor Athena, the goddess of war).
What was the Parthenon?
The goddess of marriage and family (married to Zeus).
Who was Hera?
This city-state valued education.
What is the Athens?
Mortal woman believed to be the daughter of Zeus.
Who is Helen of Troy?
The god the Olympic Games were founded in honor of.
Who is Zeus?
Main character of the Odyssey.
Who is Odysseus?
The god of the sea.
Who was Poseidon?
The men of Athens met at this place to debate on how to vote on proposed laws.
What is the forum?
Early Greeks who invaded Crete.
Who are the Mycenaeans?
Competition where the athletes had to do five different events.
What is pentathlon?
Number of Olympian gods and goddessess.
What is twelve?