Dates
The Battle of Marathon
When is 490 BC?
Conquered the Persian empire and a portion of India
Who is Alexander the Great?
A traveler who relied on cunning and trickery
Who is Odysseus?
The sign of the Noahic covenant
What is the rainbow?
The cyclops that curses Odysseus
Polyphemus
Was hanged on his own gallows
Haman
The end of the Peloponnesian War
When is 404 BC?
Crossed the Alps to attack Rome
Who is Hannibal?
Wove a shroud during the day and unwove it at night to put off marriage
Who is Penelope?
The sign of the Abrahamic covenant
What is circumcision?
The thing that Gilgamesh and Enkidu killed that angered the gods
What is the Bull of Heaven?
A battle where the Spartans led the defense of a mountain
What is Thermopylae?
The Death of Alexander the Great
When is 323 BC?
Conquered Greece
Who is Philip II of Macedonia?
Used rhetorical tricks to drive Rome into a frenzy
Mark Antony
The empire that exiled Judah, the southern kingdom
What is the Babylonian empire?
Two monsters that Odysseus had to sail between
Scylla and Charybids
Killed a Jewish apostate and a Greek soldier
The death of Socrates.
When is 399 BC?
The gadfly of Athens
Who is Socrates?
Offered ageless immortality if Odysseus would stay with her
Who is Calypso?
The empire that exiled Israel, the northern kingdom
Assyria
The reason that Odysseus lost his remaining crew.
What is the killing of the cattle of the sun?
A hooked ramp that played an important role in the Punic War
What is the corvus?
The Battle of Plataea
When is 479 BC?
The name given for the king in the book of Esther
Who is Ahaseurus?
An immortal man who survived a great flood
Who is Utnapishtim?
The legs of iron in Daniel's vision
What is the Roman Empire?
The sorceress who first attacked the crew and then helped them once she was overcome by Odysseus
Who is Circe?
A key theme in the Odyssey, with the suitors being bad examples and the Phaeacians being good examples.
What is hospitality/guest-host relationships?
The Punic Wars
When is 264-146 BC?
Counseled patience and caution in the midst of the Second Punic War
Said that he was as "constant as the northern star"
Caesar
The feast that celebrates the Jews' deliverance in Esther
What is Purim?
The final end of Gilgamesh's hope to escape death
What is the snake that stole the fruit of youth?