Myth
What is Xenia?
Aristocratic guest-host relationship, proper behavior
What is the difference between a theater and an amphitheater?
Theater - semi-circular, often built into a hillside, Greek
Amphitheater - circular, freestanding (usually), Roman
Who were the main 2 player in the Peloponnesian War?
Sparta and Athens
What is a polis?
A Greek city-state
What sea creature is 400 million years old, making it older than both trees and the rings of Saturn?
Sharks
Who is Medea's first husband?
Jason
What does Discobolus mean?
Disc thrower
Name 1 battle from the Persian Wars
(addition 100 points for every additional battle)
Marathon, Thermopylae, Artemision, Salamis, Platea
Who are the parents of Alexander the Great?
Philip II and Olympias (Polyxena)
What small sea creature can punch with the force of a bullet?
Mantis shrimp
What fatal fall is the story of Oedipus a great example of?
Hubris (pride, try to change/avoid your destiny)
What does the female Minoan costume (the dress style) look like?
Tight, breast bearing bodice and a flounced/layered floor-length skirt
What three (non-Greek) civilizations did Alexander the Great invade?
Egypt, Persia, and India
What are the two main writing scripts from the Bronze Age?
Linear A and Linear B
What is a truel?
A duel between 3 people
Who is the only Olympian diety who has consumed human flesh in a myth?
(extra 100 points if you tell me who it was)
Demeter - Tantalus' son, Pelops
What statue was the standard for the naked female form in the Hellenistic period?
Aphrodite of Knidos
Who was Macedon's main rival during the time of Philip II?
The Illyrians
What are the 4 main historical/time periods we have covered?
(Extra 100 points for every additional period that we focused on a bit less)
Bronze Age, Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic
(Dark Age/Geometric, Roman, Byzantine)
What famous YA book series was originally based on a 2004 RonxGinny fanfiction?
The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Claire
(Additional fun fact, she's from the town my college was in)
In the Iliad, what does Achilles' son, Neptolomous/Pyrrhus, use to kill Priam, king of Troy?
Neptolomous beats Priam to death with Priam's own grandson, Anastyax
What Italian civilization is famous for tombs such as the Tomb of the Bulls or the Tomb of the Augur?
Etruscans - these tombs are in Tarquinia specifically
What Iceni ruler led a revolt in England?
Boudica!
What does the Greek word "Ιστορια" (where we get the word "history") originally mean?
Inquiry or research
What is Superfecundation?
Happens in the myth of Herakles
The fertilization of two or more ova from the same cycle by sperm from separate acts of sexual intercourse, which can lead to twin babies from two separate biological fathers