Mythology
Who the Spartans thought they were a direct descendent of who famously completed 12 labors to clear his name.
The place King Darius, but also all of Persia, wanted to concur but never did
Greece
The thing Athens built from their city to the sea that ultimately was their downfall
Age Alex died at
32
The final period of Ancient Greek History is called this
The Hellenistic Period
The hero who killed Medusa
Perseus
The religion of the Persian Empire
Which city state dominated the land and which dominated the sea
Sparta = Land
Athens = Sea
Name of Alex's father who conquered much of Greece before him
Philip II
Definition of Hellenic
How long it took Odysseus to get home to Ithaca
20 years
The Greek city state that Persia invaded that started the whole war
Ionia (Ionian Greeks)
The name of the Athenian allies which included Ionia
The Delian League
Alex conquered from where to where
Egypt to India
The language everyone spoke during this time
Koine Greek
How many of Odysseus's man survived and made it home with him?
None
The leaders of the two different invasions
Darius I and Xerxes
The real reason Athens surrendered during each war. (two different answers)
1st war = plague
2nd war = starvation
What happened to Alex's empire when he died
It split
Where each of the dynasties is located
The Ptolemies – Egypt
Seleucids – Syria and Persia
Antigonids - Greece and Macedonia
What the theogony tells the story of
The origin of the gods
The name of the Greek ship perfected during this time and the name of Greek soldiers
Triremes and Hoplites
The Spartan general that defeated Athens in a sea battle and destroyed all of Athens ships.
Lysander
The three dynasties Alex's empire split into
The Seleucids, The Ptolemys, and the Antigonids
Hellenistic Greece fell to the Romans when this guy defeated the Ptolemaic army lead by Mark Antony and Cleopatra.
Octavian