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Name that Greek
Literature
100
Why the Greeks became great shipbuilders.
What are mountains?
100
the goddess of wisdom, patron of Athens
Who is Athena?
100
characterized by every citizen having the right to vote
What is democracy?
100
he created very harsh laws
Who is Draco?
100
short stories that teach the reader lessons about life or give advice about how to live
What are fables?
200
the body of water to the east of mainland Greece
What is the Aegean Sea?
200
the king of the Gods
Who is Zeus?
200
rich landowners
What are aristocrats?
200
he wrote two great epic poems: the Iliad (about the end of the Trojan War) and the Odyssey (about Odysseus's trip home from the war)
Who is Homer?
200
a collection of stories about gods and heroes that tries to explain how the world works and also provided life lessons and entertainment for the Greeks
What is mythology?
300
a high high often with a fortress at the top
What is an acropolis?
300
the god of the sea
Who is Poseidon?
300
people who have the right to participate in government
What are citizens?
300
an aristocrat who tried to soften the harsh laws and give a little more rights to the nonartistocrats
Who is Solon?
300
A Greek famous for his fables
Who is Aesop?
400
the Greek word for city-state
What is the polis?
400
the god of the sun
Who is Apollo?
400
rule by the few (often aristocrats)
What is an oligarchy?
400
Athen's strongest supporter of democracy and its brilliant leader at its high point
Who is Pericles?
400
a poem set to music
What is a lyric poem?
500
three things you can do at the agora
What are (any 3): speak publicly, debate, vote, be on a jury, discuss politics, buy or sell things, get food, religious assemblies
500
Zeus's wife
Who is Hera?
500
a leader who uses force to hold power
What is a tyrant?
500
the father of democracy
Who is Cleisthenes?
500
due to the effects of Greek mythology on the English language (explain or give 2-3 examples)
What are many English words and expressions? or name some: i.e. Odyssey, Achilles's heel, Herculean, the Midas touch, tantalizing, titanic, metropolis, democracy, sour grapes