Culture
A kind of Greek dinner party
What is a symposium?
The word meaning "rule by the people"
What is democracy?
The two main heroes in Homer's famous epics, the Iliad and the Odyssey
Who are Achilles and Odysseus?
The Greek teacher/philosopher that questioned Greek ideologies and was sentenced to death for "corrupting the youth of Athens with radical ideas"
Who is Socrates?
A place the Greeks could shop, meetup, listen to speakers, and see public debates
What is the agora?
The battle formation invented by the Greeks
What is the phalanx?
The material the Parthenon was made from
What is marble?
The student of Socrates who opened a school called the academy and was the author of "The Republic"
Who is Plato?
One of the first Olympic events to be featured on the Olympics
What is a foot race?
The intelligent philosopher that created the socratic method of teaching
Who is Socrates?
The two main instruments used for story telling in ancient Greece.
What is a lyre and kitara?
The ancient Greek healer that was one of the first to believe that illness and diseases had natural causes and were not punishments from the gods
Who is Hippocrates?
The most common outfit worn by Greeks
What is a chinton?
The ethnic group that invaded mycenae from the north
Who are the Dorians?
What Athena gave to Athens to make her their patron
What is an olive tree?
The Greek king who misinterpreted a message from the Oracle of Delphi, causing the destruction of his kingdom
Who is King Croesus?
The symbol of Athena that was on the Athenian coin
What is an owl?
The Greek scientist who made a lever that could lift a ship
Who is Archimedes?
A place with a steep slope and rows of stone seats that could potentially hold up to 30,000 people where plays were performed in ancient Greece.
What is an amphitheater?
The Greek politician who's leadership Athens was under when the Athenians built the Parthenon
Who is Pericles?