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Ancient Greece Trivia

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






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






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






4. A maze






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






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






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






8. People who took part in the gov gathered in agora to carry out public affairs - pass laws - and govern officials






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






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






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






12. 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.






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






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






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






16. A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them






17. TheAthenian word for victory






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






19. A substitute ruler






20. The Greek word for excessive pride






21. 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.






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






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






24. 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






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






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






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






28. Another name for the Delphic Oracle






29. 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






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






31. Public speaking






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






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






34. A land bridge






35. 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)






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






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






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






39. 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.






40. 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






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






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






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






44. 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






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






46. 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.






47. 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






48. 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 -






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






50. An administrative district