Vocabulary
heavily armed foot soldiers that marched shoulder to shoulder
hoplites
Who said that, " the unexamined life is not worth living"?
Socrates
Island home of the Minoans
Crete
What prince was fated to cause the destruction of Troy by starting the Trojan war?
Paris
Where was the revolt that led to the first Persian war?
Ionia
What king led 300 Spartans at Thermopylae?
Leonidas
What is the name of the school in Athens?
the Academy
Who is considered by many historians to be the greatest historian of the ancient world?
Thucydides
Where is the home of the gods?
Mt. Olympus
Who was the archer god that punished Agamemnon for his discourtesy?
Apollo
Which Persian king that wanted revenge on Greece?
Xerxes
Who is considered the father of history?
Herodotus
What is the Athenian system of banishment?
ostracism
Which Greek playwright wrote Oedipus Rex?
Sophocles
Island home of Artemis and headquarters of Athenian Empire
Delos
A scared shrine where priests or priestess reveled the future
oracle
Who was the runner that delivered the victory message to Athens after the battle of Marathon?
Pheidippides
In Sparta, 5 elected officials that were responsible for education of the youth and conduct of its citizens
Ephors
Who are the enslaved peoples of Sparta?
helots
Herodotus wrote __________ a work that is commonly regarded as the first real history of the Western world.
History of the Persian Wars
Sparta is located on the ______________ peninsula
Peloponnesian
What is the famous temple built in honor of Athena?
Parthenon
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Who are the three great Athenian philosophers?
Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle
The use of ridicule or sarcasm to poke fun at people or society is called?
satire
Who taught Alexander the Great a great many things?
Aristotle
An important Greek colony on the Bosporus
Byzantium
Where is most famous oracle located?
Delphi
After losing the battle of Thermopylae to the Persians, the Athenians, What did the Athenians do with Athens?
abandoned the city
Who is the author of the only surviving trilogy?
Aeschylus