Mythology
What Greek god were the Olympics used to honor?
Zeus
What was Alexander the Great’s horse name?
Bucephalus
Some Greek poets who came after Homer wrote shorter poems, which were often sung. This is called _________________.
lyric poetry
3. Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic
What was the war between Greece and Persia called?
Greco-Persian
What human characteristics can you name about the ancient Greek gods?
the gods constantly fought among themselves, behaved irrationally and unfairly, and were often jealous of each other.
44.) What did Plato find which we still use in terms of places involving higher learning? HINT gcA
academy
What war does Homer write about in his 2 poems?
Trojan War
What was the group of people who ruled the land of Ancient Greece prior to 800 B.C?
Mycenaeans
What was the alliance Sparta had with other city-states called?
Peloponnesian league
What is the collection of stories that people tell about their gods and heroes called? (EX. Hercules)
mythology
Why was Socrates executed?
"corrupting the youth"
In what Greek city state did the Olympics begin?
Olympia
Who created the most famous Greek fables?
Aesop
Greeks would eventually develop a system of reasoning called ______________.
logic
Name 6 of the 12 Olympian gods of Ancient Greece.
Zeus, Hera, Athena, Apollo, Artemis, Poseidon, Ares, Aphrodite, Hermes, Demeter, Hephaestus, Hestia
Who was the best known Greek-doctor?
Hippocrates
What period ENDED with the death of Alexander the Great?
Classical
What book in the Bible is there a vision about Persia and Medes being taken over by Greece?
Daniel
The leader of Athens during the Peloponnesian War was _________________
Pericles
What was the temple of Apollo known as?
Delphic Oracle
Which city became an important city of medicine?
Alexandria
What did Spartans use as money?
iron rods
What was the book: The Republic about?
Authors view of the ideal government
Democritus said that the universe was made up of tiny particles called __________________________.
atoms