Conflicts
This war started over a beautiful Spartan woman being taken by a Trojan prince.
Trojan War
The belief in many different gods.
Polytheism
The location of the first modern Olympic games.
Athens, Greece
An area made up of a city and all of the surrounding lands.
city-state
What country was Alexander from?
Macedonia
This war was fought between the Spartans and the Athenians because Athens was growing too powerful.
Peloponnesian War
The Olympics were held in honor of this god.
Zeus
Who were allowed to compete in the ancient Olympic games?
Free Greek men.
The name of the battle formation where long pikes are used in tight formations.
phalanx
How old was Alexander when he became king?
20
This battle was a result of the Athenians aiding the Ionians who were revolting against Persian invaders.
Battle of Marathon
A half mortal / half god being.
demigod
Two reasons why the athletes competed in the nude.
1. Admired the human body
2. Competed unimpeded.
Poseidon cursed this Trojan War's hero and would not let him go home to his wife and son in Ithaca.
Odysseus
What city-state revolted against the Macedonians?
Thebes
This famous battle ended when a Spartan rat told the Persians of a goat path that would allow the Persians to attack the Spartans from behind.
Thermopylae
The main religion of the Persians.
Zoroastrianism
The date of the first Olympics.
776 BCE or BC
The name of the man Achilles killed and dragged around the city of Troy.
Hector
In what city did Alexander die?
Babylon
This woman divorced King Philip II and there is speculation that she prompted Alexander to kill his father.
Olympias
Regarded as the abode of the gods and the site of the throne of Zeus.
Mount Olympus
The man responsible for banning the Olympic games.
Theodosius
The transmission of ideas, customs, beliefs, and other cultural elements from one group to another.
Cultural diffusion
What was the name of Alexander's horse that also has a city named after him?
Bucephalus