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Ancient Greece Trivia

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1. In Spartan society - these were those residents who were neither helots nor Spartiates. Made of merchants and artisans






2. A huge temple forAthena that was very expensive and time consuming for theAthenians. The building of the temple was overseen by Pericles.






3. Plan of gov- in 507 b.c. made freeAthenian born men citizens






4. In Spartan society - these were those residents who were neither helots nor Spartiates. Made of merchants and artisans






5. TheAthenian messenger that supposedly ran toAthens to announce their victory in the Battle of Marathon and also supposedly ran fromAthens to Sparta to ask the Spartans for help






6. The king of Persia that built up a huge empire and ruled it from 559 BCE to 530 BCE






7. A maze






8. The people from the island of Melos






9. A battle between the Persians and the Greeks in which the Persians relied on the help of the Ionians to defeat the Greeks - but the Ionians backed out at the last minute - so the Greeks won.






10. From the word for 'drinking together'; an after-dinner drinking party attended by elite males. they sang poems - posed riddles - played drinking games - and delivered philosophical speeches. Other entertainment was provided by musicians - jugglers -






11. Form of government in which a few wealthy people have the power






12. An island east of Sparta that tried to remain neutral but was attacked byAthens and defeated






13. A Greek leader that helped the Greeks greatly by deceiving the Persians during the Battle of Salamis






14. A kind of shield designed by theAthenians specifically for the phalanx






15. A wall of shields created by foot soldiers marching close together in a rectangular formation. Made up of farmers






16. Nobles who gained power of Greece in the 700s and provided cavalry for the king's military adventures






17. A maze






18. The governor of an administrative district






19. A league started by theAthenians that had the objective of keeping the Persians away from Greece and freeing cities from Persia. It made theAthenians very powerful.






20. Form of government in which a few wealthy people have the power






21. An island east of Sparta that tried to remain neutral but was attacked byAthens and defeated






22. When there are many cultures within an empire or kingdom






23. A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the journey of Odysseus after the fall of Troy






24. Philosophers in ancient Greece. The name directly translates to 'those who are wise'






25. A person hired to fight for another country than their own (Persian war during dark age)






26. A Greek man that was so desperate for glory that he started a war against Sparta that theAthenians were bound to lose - and when he got called back toAthens for vandalism - he went to the Spartans to aid them






27. A battle between the Persian and the Spartans in which the Persian attempted to avenge Darius' defeat during the Battle of Marathon - and - due to a Greek traitor - the war ended up being 300 Spartans against 10 -000 Persians (the immortals) - so the






28. Public speaking






29. A foreign woman who Pericles had a very controversial relationship with






30. The southern peninsula of Greece. Location of Sparta






31. From the word for 'drinking together'; an after-dinner drinking party attended by elite males. they sang poems - posed riddles - played drinking games - and delivered philosophical speeches. Other entertainment was provided by musicians - jugglers -






32. A substitute ruler






33. People living inAthens who were notAthenian citizens - who could work and who paid taxes but were not allowed to own land or take part in government.






34. A politician inAthens that was dominant during the Periclean age who grew the Delian league into something close to an empire - approved a final peace with Persia and oversaw the building of the Parthenon






35. Athenian soldiers that were named after their shields






36. Of or relating to Draco or his harsh code of laws






37. The brother-in-law of Xerxes that was left to die with the rest of the Persians during the Battle of Plataea






38. The commander of theAthenians during the Ionian revolt that lead to war






39. Of or relating to Draco or his harsh code of laws






40. A kind of shield designed by theAthenians specifically for the phalanx






41. A Corinthian colony and one of the wealthiest Greek cities that was at war withAthens when they aided Egesta






42. Nobles who gained power of Greece in the 700s and provided cavalry for the king's military adventures






43. The son of Darius that became king of Persian and lost the second Persian war






44. The anti-Delian league that was a league of city-states in the Peloponnesus that fought against the Delian league (Athens).






45. An area in the middle east that the Persian empire was built on






46. The Greek word for excessive pride






47. A battle between the Greeks and the Persians in which the remaining Persian troops (lead by Mardonius) attempted to defeat the Greek troops - and because they were so small - the Greeks easily triumphed






48. Public speaking






49. A self-governing city-state; the basic political unit of the Greek world. comprised a city - with its acropolis and agora and the surrounding territory.






50. An administrative district