This emotion (mēnis in Greek) is the driving force in the Iliad.
What is Wrath/Anger?
100
This Bronze Age civilization flourishes on the island of Krete, and their capital is the Palace at Knossos.
Who are the Minoans?
100
This race of mortals is the first and best in Hesiod's didactic poem Works and Days.
What is the Golden Race?
100
This highly ritualistic action involving animals is central to early Greek "religion" and is the primary way in which mortals interact with the gods. The human variety is largely condemned.
What is sacrifice?
100
The only Greek poetess whose work survives. She writes primarily about love.
Who is Sappho?
200
This central character is presented as an ideal warrior, but he is also shown as a loving family man when he visits his wife Andromakhe and son Astyanax.
Who is Hektor?
200
Characteristics of this period (which lies between the Bronze Age and the Archaic period) include decreased population, rampant poverty, and severe decentralization of power.
What is the Dark Age?
200
In the Theogony these divine figures burden Hesiod with the gift of poetry, claiming to know many true and untrue things.
Who are the Muses?
200
These mysterious figures are thought to have contributed to the Bronze Age Collapse and are fended off only by the Egyptians.
Who are the Sea Peoples?
200
This early lyric poet, although a soldier, largely rejects the Heroic Ethic as prescribed by Homer and abandons his shield, claiming he can find another.
Who is Arkhilokhos?
300
Although also a great warrior, the aretē of this Akhaian king is his craftiness and counsel.
Who is Odysseus?
300
The Greek language springs from this source (also the origin of Latin and English among others) as noted by Sir William Jones.
What is Indo-European?
300
Hesiod warns that these local figures often accept bribes when judging court cases.
Who are the Kings/Basileis?
300
This elite drinking party also features other forms of entertainment such as music and dancing.
What is a Symposium?
300
This poet, a contemporary of Sappho on the island of Lesbos, writes about politics and is often depicted holding a lyre on vase paintings.
Who is Alkaios?
400
This character is the voice of the "common man" when he complains about Agamemnon.
Who is Thersites?
400
This Greek term means "favor, gratitude, grace, and charm".
What is Kharis?
400
This figure is often called the King of All Monsters and is ultimately defeated by Zeus.
Who is Typhoeus/Typhon?
400
These highly respected (and even revered) members of society impart generational wisdom and are called aoidoi by Homer.
Who are the Oral Poets?
400
This poet is from Sparta and writes about war, specifically to urge the other men on into battle.
Who is Tyrtaios?
500
Chryses' name (and his daughter's) should make us think of this substance.
What is Gold?
500
This Greek word, which literally means "living together", describes the housing arrangements during the rise of the polis.
What is Synoecism ?
500
Hesiod mentions that once upon a time, he had sailed to the island of Khalkhis in order to take part in this event.
What is a poetic competition?
500
Hoplites march shoulder to shoulder in this formation, which is usually six-to 8-ranks deep.
What is a phalanx?
500
This poet (whose origin is uncertain) composes long maiden songs, or Partheneia, in which the chorusleader is often lovingly compared to Aphrodite.