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Ancient Greece Trivia

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






2. An administrative district






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






4. 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






5. 300 years where everything fell apart and was destroyed

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6. 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






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






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






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






10. 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.






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






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






13. (1851 - 1941): British archeologist who unearthed the remains of the Minoan civilization (Knossos) on the island of Crete. - excavated Knossos






14. 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.






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






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






17. A maze






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






20. Public speaking






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






22. Athenian soldiers that were named after their shields






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






24. The southern peninsula of Greece. Location of Sparta






25. 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






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






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






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






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






30. The Greek word for excessive pride






31. 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






32. The southern peninsula of Greece. Location of Sparta






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






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






35. 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






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






37. 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.






38. 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






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






40. A maze






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






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






43. 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)






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






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






46. An administrative district






47. 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.






48. A substitute ruler






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






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