Classical History
Classical Mythology
Classical Art+Architecture
Famous Figures
Classical Languages+Literature
100

This city in Italy grew to rule the Mediterranean.

Rome

100

This dude is the god of the sea.

Poseidon/Neptune

100

This world renowned temple in Athens is situated atop the acropolis and is dedicated to Athena.

Parthenon

100

This well known Roman general infamously won a civil war and made himself dictator for life :) only to be assassinated in 44 BCE on the Ides of March :(

Gaius Julius Caesar

100

These are the first 3 letters of the Greek alphabet.

Alpha, Beta, and Gamma

200

This period of Greek history was marked by Athenian power and an extensive body of art and literature. (philosophy for example)

the Classical period

200

This poor guy was forced to wander for 10 years in order to get home after fighting in Troy.

Odysseus

200

The art on [blank] is known for its wide diversity of themes and depicted scenes, and also its commonality in the ancient Greek world, and is known for several different styles, such as red-figure and black-figure.

Pottery/Vases

200

This philosopher famously annoyed the people of Athens with constant questions to make them question their reality in the late 400s BCE.

Socrates

200

Homer is famous for composing this kind of poetry.

Epic

300

Alexander III of Macedon (Alexander the Great) conquered this large empire in the 300s BCE.

the Persian Empire

300

The most famous war in Greek mythology, the Trojan war, began when the prince of Troy, Paris, took this queen as his wife and brought her to Troy.

Helen

300

This type of art is created by placing many small tiles together to make a picture, and is well attested in the Roman world.

Mosaics

300

This Roman emperor was known infamously for doing wacky things, such as giving his horse an important government position and making his soldiers collect sea shells as spoils of war against Neptune.

Caligula

300

This is a collection of poems that are dedications to various different gods (including Demeter, Aphrodite, and Apollo) and it is called what it is because the poems were thought to mimic the style of Homer.

The Homeric Hymns

400

Due to a combination of chaotic circumstances and ambitious generals, Rome transitioned from a [blank] system of government to a [blank] system of government in the late 1st Century BCE.

Republican; Imperial

400

This is the number of gods residing on mount Olympus.

12/13 (100 extra points if you can name them all!)

400

The temple of [blank] at Olympia is famous for a large gold and ivory statue of this god, which is considered one of the 7 wonders of the ancient world.

Zeus

400

This poetess from the island of Lesbos famously wrote love poetry.

Sappho

400

The ancient Greek world had several dialects. The most well known one was spoken in Athens, known as the [blank] dialect.

Attic

500

Ancient Greece was not a single country, but a loose collection of many of these. (Athens, Sparta, Thebes, etc.)

City-States

500

Ancient Greek religion has multiple different types of gods, but this one type is mostly made up of gods from the underworld. (Hades, Persephone, etc.)

Chthonic

500

The Romans are famous for perfecting this piece of architecture, and used it in many of their famous structures, such as the Colosseum.

Arch

500

This Athenian comic playwright provides by far the most complete examples of "Old Comedy", with such plays as the Frogs and the Clouds. 

Aristophanes

500

Greek and Latin, along with many other languages like English, Sanskrit, Russian, etc., are all part of this language family.

Indo-European