Cultures of the Mountains and the Sea
A Greek-speaking people that, according to tradition, migrated into mainland Greece after the destruction of the Mycenaean civilization ...
Answer: Dorians.
A fortified hilltop in an ancient Greek city ...
Answer: acropolis.
The art of ancient Greece and Rome, in which harmony, order, and balance were emphasized ...
Answer: classical art.
An ancient kingdom north of Greece, whose ruler Philip II conquered Greece in 338 B.C. ...
Answer: Macedonia.
Relating to the civilization, language, art, science, and literature of the Greek world from the reign of Alexander the Great to the late second century B.C. ...
Answer: Hellenistic.
Long narrative poems celebrating the deeds of legendary or traditional heroes ...
Answer: epic.
A series of wars in the fifth century B.C. in which Greek city-states battled the Persian Empire ...
Answer: Persian Wars.
A serious form of drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic of noble character ...
Answer: tragedy.
Athenian statesman and orator ...
Answer: Demosthenes.
An enormous Hellenistic statue that formerly stood near the harbor of Rhodes ...
Answer: Colossus of Rhodes.
Greek epic poet, reputed author of the Iliad and Odyssey ...
Answer: Homer.
A military formation of foot soldiers armed with spears and shields ...
Answer: phalanx.
A war, lasting from 431 to 404 B.C., in which Athens and its allies were defeated by Sparta and its allies ...
Answer: Peloponnesian War.
King of Macedonia, 336-323 B.C.; conqueror of Greek city-states and Persian Empire from Asia Minor and Egypt to India ...
Answer: Alexander the Great.
A Greek mathematician, physicist, and inventor; discovered principles of specific gravity and of the lever ...
Answer: Archimedes.
Traditional stories about gods, ancestors, or heroes, told to explain the natural world or the customs and beliefs of a society ...
Answer: myths.
In ancient Greece, a powerful individual who gained control of a city-state’s government by appealing to the poor for support ...
Answer: tyrant.
Greek philosopher: pupil of Plato; tutor of Alexander the Great ...
Answer: Aristotle.
King of the Achaemenid Empire, 336-330 B.C. ...
Answer: Darius III.
Greek geometer at Alexandria ...
Answer: Euclid.
A war, fought around 1200 B.C., in which an army led by Mycenaean kings attacked the independent trading city of Troy in Anatolia ...
Answer: Trojan War.
A government in which power is in the hands of a single person ...
Answer: monarchy.
A government in which citizens rule directly rather than through representatives ...
Answer: direct democracy.
King of Macedonia, 359-336 B.C. (father of Alexander the Great) ...
Answer: Philip II.
A seaport in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: founded by Alexander the Great, 332 B.C.; ancient center of learning ...
Answer: Alexandria.