The Iliad
Writer of The Iliad and The Odyssey
Homer
Odysseus' son
Telemachus
What all Spartan boys were supposed to grow up and be
Soldiers
The Greek god/goddess who was the patron (special protector) of Athens
Athena
A mountain in Greece that was believed to be where the gods lived
Mount Olympus
How the Greeks eventually defeated Troy
Building and hiding inside the Trojan Horse
The wife who waited faithfully for Odysseus to return
Penelope
Toughness (strength, bravery)
Three things Athenian boys would have learned in school
Mathematics, reading and writing, poetry, music, athletics
Three sports included in the Olympics of ancient Greece
Jumping, wrestling, javelin, discus, chariot racing
The greatest warrior of the Trojans who was slain by Achilles
Hector
Odysseus survived hearing the siren's song by this method
Being tied to the mast while his men rowed with wax in their ears
The two causes of death that Spartans considered to be the most honorable.
War and childbirth
Temples of worship built on a steep hill overlooking Athens
The Acropolis
Olympic winners would receive these
Crown of olive leaves
The reason Achilles eventually goes back to battle
His friend, Patroclus, is killed.
The trick used by Penelope to avoid choosing a husband
Sewing a tapestry and ripping it out at night
The age at which Spartan boys would begin their military training
Seven
The form of government used by the city-state of Athens
A democracy
Name three influences from the Greeks that we still see today.
Theater, architecture, art, literature, history, philosophy, science, mathematics
Prince of Troy who stole Helen and started the war
Paris
At least 3 steps Odysseus took to escape the cyclops.
According to legend, Spartan mothers said this to their sons as they left for war
"Come back with your shield or on it."
The three types of Grecian columns
Doric, Ionic, Corinthian
The three famous Greek philosophers
Socrates
Plato
Aristotle