Greek Mythology
Vocab
Wars and Results
Philosophers
Poetry and Drama
100
the God of the skies
Who is Zeus
100
Areas dedicated to the honour of Gods and Goddesses
What are shrines
100
Won the Trojan War
What is Greece
100
means "lover's of wisdom"
What is Philosophers
200
The brother of Zeus. Lord of the underworld, ruling over the dead.
Who is Hades
200
The Muder of a public figure
What is assassination
200
The war between Athens and Sparta in 4310 B.C
What is the Peloponnesian War
200
Rational thinking
What is logic
200
Began with the epics of Homer
What is Greek Literature
300
The three headed dog with a dragon tail which guards the entrance to the underworld.Allowing the dead to enter but, never leave.
What is Cerberus
300
Plays that told stories of human suffering that usually ended in disaster
What are tragedies
300
A ware between Mcenae and Troy that took place around 1250 B.C and lasted for 10 years
What is the Trojan War
300
questioned an accepted ideas.To them success was more important then truth
What are Sophists
400
Beautiful half-woman, half-birdlike creatures who sang such sweet songs that listeners forgot everything and died of hunger.They lure sailors to their death
What are Sirens
400
Water color paintings done on wet plaster
What are frescoes
400
increased the Greek's sense of their own uniqueness
What is victory in the Persian Wars
400
An Athenian stonemason, philosopher, and outspoken critic of the sophists
Who is Socrates
400
A play that showed a powerful family torn apart by betrayal, muder, and revenge
What is the Orestia
500
Sun-centered, solar system
What is heliocentric
500
Sent a large force to conquer Greece during the Persian Wars
Who is Xerxes
500
rejected Athenian democracy because it had condemed socates
Who is Pluto
500
The three greatest Athenian playwrights
What was Aeschylus, Sophocles, And Euripides