Geography
The term for a body of land surrounded by water on three sides.
What is a Peninsula?
The modern Olympics take their name from this Ancient Greek City State.
What is Olympia?
This bird was as symbol of Athena, and was adopted as the symbol of the city-state of Athens.
What is an Owl?
While most other Ancient Greek city-states built these to protect themselves, the Spartans didn't feel the need because they had the strongest army in the region.
What are walls?
An epic poem, it tells the story of the Trojan War.
Ancient Greece was approximately 80% covered in this, which made it difficult to farm...
What are mountains?
The Greek God of Light.
Who is Apollo?
This open air market was the heart of Athens, were people came to buy goods and discuss politics.
What is the Agora?
The Spartans conquered these people, and turned them into enslaved farmers.
What are Helots?
An epic open that depicts a Greek's Hero's attempts to return home after the Trojan War.
What is the Odyssey?
The Ancient Greeks had to cross this sea, in order to attack Troy during the Trojan War.
What is the Aegean Sea?
The ancient greeks were this, the word for the belief in many gods and goddesses...
What is Polytheistic?
This fortress on a hill was at the center of Athens, and was home to the Temple of Athena.
What was the Acropolis?
Sparta had two, who claimed their families were decedents of the legendary Hercules.
What are kings?
These two types of drama were popular in Ancient Greece.
What is comedy and tragedy?
This large island is the largest of the hundreds of islands that make up Ancient Greece. If you beleive the myth, it's labyrinth was home to the Minotaur.
What is the Island of Crete?
This greek god did not live on Mount Olympus, ruled a different plain of existence, and was known for a short temper....
Who is Hades?
One of Athen's biggest exports, these two things were the "liquid gold" that Athens traded for grain and other resources.
What is olive oil and wine?
A tongue twister, this piece of land was home to the city-state of Sparta
What is the Peloponnesian Peninsula?
Wrote the Iliad and Odyssey, epic poems that started as oral stories about heroism, myths, and legends.
Who is Homer?
This name is used for both the sea to the west of Greece, as well as the Greek colonies in the east.
What is Ionian and Ionia
Serving as the divine metalsmith for the Olympians, he crafted their armor and weapons. Known to the Romans as "Vulcan"
Who is Hephaestus?
Made from the rich silver mines in the mountains surrounding Athens, these coins were highly prized and were the ancient world's first international currency.
What is a Drachma?
This valley in which the city-state of Sparta was built, ad fertile soil that helped Sparta become self-sufficient.
What is Laconia?
After the Trojan War, the Odyssey details Odysseus's attempts to return here.
What is Ithaca?