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Ancient Greece Trivia

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1. 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.






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






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






4. 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






5. 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.






6. 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






7. 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 -






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






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






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






11. 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






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






13. 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






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






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






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






17. The king of Sparta during the Battle of Thermopylae






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






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






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






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






22. Athenian soldiers that were named after their shields






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






24. Athenian soldiers that were named after their shields






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






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






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






28. 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






29. 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.






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






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






32. 300 years where everything fell apart and was destroyed

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






34. 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






35. TheAthenian word for victory






36. Another name for the Delphic Oracle






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. (1851 - 1941): British archeologist who unearthed the remains of the Minoan civilization (Knossos) on the island of Crete. - excavated Knossos






46. The governor of an administrative district






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






48. A maze






49. 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






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