Words that start with "A"
This was the goddess of wisdom and war, and was the patroness of Athens.
Who was Athena?
This was the name of the king who led 300 Spartans in their fight against hundreds of thousands of Persians.
Who was Leonidas?
This was the battle where 300 Spartans fought against hundreds of thousands of Persians and killed over twenty thousand.
What was the Battle of Thermopylae?
This word, which means "love of wisdom," is what brought the Athenians closer to the one true God than any other civilization besides the Hebrews.
What is philosophy?
This was the wooden animal that was brought into Troy as a gift.
What is a horse?
The Greeks had this set of letters as the basis for their language system.
What is the alphabet?
Spartan boys were not punished for stealing, but instead for this:
What is "getting caught?"
This was the name of the Persian king who fought against Leonidas at the battle of Thermopylae.
Who was Xerxes?
These were the ancient games that involved racing, wrestling and discus throwing.
What is the Olympics?
This is the epic poem about a man who travelled around the world after angering Poseidon.
What is the Odyssey?
This philosopher was a student of Plato and influenced later Christians like St. Thomas Aquinas
Who was Aristotle?
This is the term used to describe a Spartan warrior.
What is a Hoplite?
This modern-day race has its origins in the Greek battle where Pheidippides ran from this valley to Sparta, then fought in the war, then ran back to Athens where he died.
What is Marathon?
Athenian girls were taught a form of __________ that they might take part in the religious festivals.
What is dancing?
This was the epic poem by Homer that documents the Trojan War.
What is the Illiad?
This man was the great conqueror who inspired later figures like Caesar and Napoleon.
Who was Alexander the Great?
This word, which means "baby killing," is what Spartans practiced by leaving babies who were deformed or sickly out in the mountains.
What is infanticide?
This was the Persian king who was the father of Xerxes
Who was Darius?
These three groups of people were not allowed to vote in Athens.
What are slaves, women, and immigrants?
These people were the real life people in the Bronze Age that Homer based his epics on.
What were the Mycenaeans?
This was a fortified area built on the top of a hill in ancient Greece.
What is the acropolis?
This phrase is a famous line from the Battle of Thermopylae, said by a Spartan warrior named Dienekes in response to the threat of the Persian army's overwhelming arrows, signifying a willingness to fight under any circumstances, even when the sun is blocked.
What is, "Then we shall fight in the shade!" ?
This naval battle where the Athenian navy soundly beat the much larger Persian navy was the turning point in the Greco-Persian War
What was the Battle of Salamis?
This was the lawgiver who prevented any Athenian from being sold into slavery because of his debts.
Who was Solon?
This was the German archeologist who discovered Troy.
Who was Schliemann?