Mythology
This goddess was the queen of Olympus.
Hera
This King of Macedonia's goal was to conquer the known world.
Alexander the Great
This Greek poet is the author of notable works such as the Illiad and the Odessey.
Homer
This art form conprised of many small tiles was very popular in ancient Greece and Rome.
Mosiac
This is the love interest in the Disney adaptation of Hercules.
Megara
Persephone, the daughter of this Greek Goddess, married Hades, the God of the underworld.
Demeter
The Pelopponesian Wars (431–404 BCE) were fought between these two city states.
Athens and Sparta
The capture of whom prompted the Trojan war?
Helen
The Pantheon, located in Rome, is made out of what medium?
Concrete
This 2010s pop song plays during the Lotus Casino scene in Percy Jackson (2010)
Poker Face by Lady Gaga
This hero is known for cutting off Medusa's head.
Perseus
This is the name for the period of peace and prosperity in ancient Rome.
Pax Romana
In the Odyssey, Menelaus is the king of this Greek city.
Sparta
The Colosseum is a major landmark and perhaps the most iconic image of Rome. What was it originally called?
The Flavian Amphitheater
The best looking character in the 2004 film Troy (Paris) is played by this actor.
Orlando Bloom
Prometheus is known for defying the Olympian gods by stealing what?
Fire
These men were the first three emperors of Rome.
Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula
In the Odyssey, Odysseus spends how many years on Calypso’s island before he is rescued by Hermes?
Seven
The High Classical period of Greek art lasted from _____ BCE to _____ CE.
450 BCE to 400 BCE
Taylor Swift wrote a song off of her 2024 album "The Tortured Poets Department" about this Trojan priestess who foresaw the future but was never believed.
Cassandra
The hero Hercules had to perform Twelve Labors to become a God. What were they?
1. slaying the Nemean Lion
2. defeating the Lernaean Hydra
3. capturing the Ceryneian Hind
4. capturing the Erymanthian Boar
5. cleaning the Augean stables
6. killing the Stymphalian Birds
7. capturing the Cretan Bull
8. stealing the Mares of Diomedes
9. acquiring the girdle of Hippolyta
10. capturing the Cattle of Geryon
11. obtaining the Apples of the Hesperides
12. capturing Cerberus
The Twelve Tables were the first written laws of Rome. What does table 8.26 state?
"No person shall hold meetings in the city at night"
In the Iliad, this is the priest of Apollo who asks for the return of his daughter.
Chryses
This ancient statue, rediscovered in Italy in the 1600s, depicts a violent scene from the Trojan war.
Laocoon and his sons.
This song by the American psychadelic rock band the Doors was inspired by the story of Oedipus Rex.
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