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Ancient Greece Trivia

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






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






3. 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






4. 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 -






5. The Greek word for excessive pride






6. 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.






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






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






9. Greeks who sang songs to keep records






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






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






12. Public speaking






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






14. A land bridge






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






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






17. Public speaking






18. 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.






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






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






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






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






23. 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






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






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






26. 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.






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. A substitute ruler






29. A substitute ruler






30. A maze






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






32. TheAthenian word for victory






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






34. TheAthenian word for victory






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






36. 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






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






38. 300 years where everything fell apart and was destroyed


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






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






41. The king of Sparta during the Battle of Thermopylae






42. The governor of an administrative district






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






44. 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






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






49. The governor of an administrative district






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