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Ancient Greece Trivia

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






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






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






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






5. A substitute ruler






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






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






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






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






10. Athenian soldiers that were named after their shields






11. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. 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






20. 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.






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






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






23. The governor of an administrative district






24. 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.






25. The people from the island of Melos






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






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






28. 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.






29. 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






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






32. The people from the island of Melos






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. 300 years where everything fell apart and was destroyed

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






41. A maze






42. (1851 - 1941): British archeologist who unearthed the remains of the Minoan civilization (Knossos) on the island of Crete. - excavated Knossos






43. The Greek word for excessive pride






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






45. 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






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






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






48. The southern peninsula of Greece. Location of Sparta






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






50. 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