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






3. A battle between the Persians and theAthenians and Ionians in which the Persians wanted control of Ionia - and the Ionians andAthenians met at Marathon and fought until theAthenians won






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






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






6. Another name for the Delphic Oracle






7. The governor of an administrative district






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






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. Athenian soldiers that were named after their shields






11. A substitute ruler






12. The southern peninsula of Greece. Location of Sparta






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






14. A battle between the Persians and theAthenians and Ionians in which the Persians wanted control of Ionia - and the Ionians andAthenians met at Marathon and fought until theAthenians won






15. A maze






16. 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






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






18. 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






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






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






21. A substitute ruler






22. A huge wall aroundAthens to protect it that was ordered to build by Pericles






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






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






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






26. Greeks who sang songs to keep records






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






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






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






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






31. 300 years where everything fell apart and was destroyed

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






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






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






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






36. TheAthenian word for victory






37. 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.






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






39. 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






40. TheAthenian word for victory






41. 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






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






43. 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






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






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






46. The governor of an administrative district






47. A maze






48. The Spartan that was in power ofAthens after the loss of the first Peloponnesian war who theAthenians eventually rebelled against to get their independence back






49. 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.






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