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Ancient Greece Trivia

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1. A substitute ruler






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






3. The governor of an administrative district






4. TheAthenian word for victory






5. The first great epic that Homer wrote. It was about a prince of Troy kidnapping the wife of the king of Sparta.






6. 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.






7. 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






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






9. 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






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






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






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






13. The elite 10 -000 Persian soldiers that were sent to fight the Spartans in the Battle of Thermopylae






14. The elite 10 -000 Persian soldiers that were sent to fight the Spartans in the Battle of Thermopylae






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






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






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






18. 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






19. 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






20. 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.






21. A monarchy in which the power is passed down from generation to generation






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






23. 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 -






24. An administrative district






25. A land bridge






26. Long - thin -Athenian ships that were more maneuverable than other ships and greatly helped the Greeks in the Battle of Salamis






27. A battle between the Persians and theAthenians that was caused by the Persians burningAthens and took place in the sea. TheAthenians won because of there more maneuverable ships (triremes)






28. In ancient Greece - a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it






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






30. 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.






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






32. Ancient Greek epic poet who is believed to have written the Iliad and the Odyssey (circa 850 BC)






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






34. 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






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






36. 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.






37. A maze






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






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






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






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






42. A battle between the Persians and theAthenians that was caused by the Persians burningAthens and took place in the sea. TheAthenians won because of there more maneuverable ships (triremes)






43. Another name for the Delphic Oracle






44. The king of the Persian empire from 522 to 480 BCE who spit the area into 20 administrative areas






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






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






47. The king of Sparta during the Battle of Thermopylae






48. Athenian soldiers that were named after their shields






49. A land bridge






50. (1851 - 1941): British archeologist who unearthed the remains of the Minoan civilization (Knossos) on the island of Crete. - excavated Knossos