City-States
The patron god/goddess of Athens
Who is Athena?
The Greek names for A and B
What are alpha and beta?
The most important mountain in ancient Greece and home of the gods in their mythology.
What is Mt. Olympus?
Hercules wore the protective hide of this creature from the very first of his 12 labors
What is the Nemean lion?
The Trojan War was featured in this epic novel by Homer
What is the Iliad?
A large open marketplace
What is an agora?
This letter (see what Ms. Christi writes on the board) is called this in Greek
What is omega?
This town was sacred to the god Apollo and was where his famous oracle was located
What is Delphi?
Hera sent two of these creatures to try to kill Heracles when he was a baby
What are serpents?
This goddess promised Paris of Troy the love of an already married woman
Who is Aphrodite?
A fortified hill on which sat temples, shrines and statues
What is an acropolis?
This letter looks like another letter in our alphabet only upside down and it is called this
What is an "L" and lambda?
This city was one of the largest city-states in ancient Greece and is the capital of Greece today
What is Athens?
A task that requires a crazy amount of strength and power to complete
What is Herculean?
This woman was the Queen of Sparta and the most beautiful woman in all the world over which the Trojan War was fought
Who is Helen?
Names of two of the Greek city-states.
What is Athens, Sparta, Corinth, Thebes, etc
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: The "th" is known by this name and looks like this.
What is theta and a circle O with a small capital H inside.
One of the countries that borders Greece
What is Albania, Macedonia, Bulgaria, or Turkey?
When Heracles was trying to slay this monster, he had help from a friend who gave him an ingenious idea but Hera claimed it did not count
What is the Hydra of Lerna?
The Trojan War lasted this many years
What is 10?
The name the ancient Greeks gave themselves
What is Hellenes?
This letter in the Greek alphabet is the one that looks like a triangle and it is called this
What is a "D" and delta?
The 3 seas that surround Greece on 3 sides
What are the Aegean, Ionian, and Mediterranean Seas?
Heracles punished a king by feeding him to his own human-eating creatures that are called this
What are Diomedes' Steeds?
It was this Greek hero's bright idea to build a large horse and give it to Troy as a peace offering that finally put an end to the war
Who is Odysseus?