Famous Battles
What war ws the Trojan horse made for?
The TRojan War
What is a land that is set up away from the homeland called?
colony
Name Zeus' daughter who was born from his head.
Athena
What was the first civilization in Greece called?
Minoans
Where do we say democracy?
Greece
Who fought in the Peloponnesia war?
Athens and Sparta
a storyteller
bard
Who is the god who stole Persephone and took her to the undeworld?
Hades
Who was the leader of Macodonia who took over Greece after the Peloponnesian Wars?
Alexander the Great
Where were the first Olympics held?
near Mt. Olympus
Who fought together to defeat Persia n the Persian Wars?
Athens and Sparta
a city-state
polis
Who is Appolo's twin?
Artemis
Who was the philopher who started the Lyceum?
What is the name of the territriy that came in and attacked Greece ending their reign?
Macedonia
Who died in the Trojan war by being shot in the ankle?
Achilles
a type of government where a small group run the government.
oligarchy
Who was Zeus's father?
Cronos
Who was a famous playwright that we discussed?
Who was Aspasia?
A public speaker who was born in another country
Who wrote the Epic poems, the Illiad and the Odyssey about the Trojan War?
Homer
a type of democracy where everyone gets a say in every vote and the running of the country
direct democracy
Where did the gods live?
On Mt. Olympus
A famous inventor, mathematican and thinker?
Archimedes
What was the first civilization that spoke Greek in Greece?
Mycenaeans