Greek City-states
Which greek city-state has the Parthenon?
What is Aristotle known for?
Aristotle is a towering figure in ancient Greek philosophy, who made important contributions to logic, criticism, rhetoric, physics, biology, psychology, mathematics, metaphysics, ethics, and politics.
Who were the most feared soldiers in Ancient Greece?
Spartans
Define: Democracy
a government-run by the people in which citizens make their laws
What were the largest population centers in ancient Greece called?
City-States
Which were the two most powerful city-states of Ancient Greece?
Sparta and Athens
What is Homer known for?
Homer is the presumed author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, two hugely influential epic poems of ancient Greece.
What was the Thebans elite fighting force?
Myceneans
Define: myth
a story about the gods and goddesses
What was the most important city-state in ancient Greece?
Athens
Where do they find slaves in Greece?
They capture people from wars and keep them as their slaves.
what is Socrates known for?
Socrates was a Greek philosopher from Athens who is credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy, and as being the first moral philosopher of the Western ethical tradition of thought.
Who led the Spartans at the Battle of Thermopylae?
Leonidas I
Define: Epic
a long poem that celebrates gods, heroes, or events
Which massive sporting event was invented by the ancient Greeks?
Olympics
What is Acropolis?
Fort built on the hills of Grecce
What is Anaxagoras know for?
an important Presocratic natural philosopher and scientist who lived and taught in Athens for approximately thirty years.
What was the metal that the Spartans used for armor?
Bronze
Define: tragedy
play in which life is seriously; usually has a sad ending.
Which system of governance originated in ancient Greece?
Democracy
what are the 5 city-states?
Athens. Sparta, Corinth, Thebes. Delphi
what is Euclid known for?
Another famous Greek mathematician was Euclid. His geometry textbook has been used as the basis for the teaching of geometry for more than 2,000 years.
Which city-state basically destroyed Sparta's military forever?
Thebes
Define: Crete
a Greek island in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, southeast of Greece
What is the name of the Greek philosopher and mathematician who came up with a common rule for measuring the sides of a triangle, still taught today?
Pythagoras