3rd quarter Facts To Know

Question 0

Helots

Answer 0

Conquered people who were forced into serfdom by the Spartans

Question 1

Spartans

Answer 1

Descendants of Hercules; conquered southern Greece

Question 2

Lycurgus

Answer 2

Prince of Sparta; reformed the laws

Question 3

Order of Sparta

Answer 3

“Bring up this child for Sparta”

Question 4

Saying of Spartan mothers

Answer 4

“Come back with this or upon this.”

Question 5

“Sparta’s citizens are her walls.”

Answer 5

Lycurgus

Question 6

Leonidas

Answer 6

King of Sparta , hero of Thermopylae

Question 7

Xerxes

Answer 7

King of Persia , succeeded Darius I , his father

Question 8

Pass of Thermopylae

Answer 8

Site of the heroic a stand of leonidas 4000 men against the army of Xerxes

Question 9

Draco

Answer 9

Began the reform of the laws of Athens

Question 10

Solon

Answer 10

Further reformed the laws of Athens

Question 11

Archon

Answer 11

Ruling magistrate of Athens

Question 12

Croesus

Answer 12

Rich king of Lydia

Question 13

Who said, “who is the happiest man you have ever known?”

Answer 13

Croesus

Question 14

Who said, “I call no man happy until he is dead. When I hear whether or not your life has ended nobly, then I shall know whether or not you were really happy.”

Answer 14

Solon

Question 15

Pisistratus

Answer 15

Seized the Acropolis; made himself tyrant of Athens

Question 16

Acropolis

Answer 16

Citadel of Athens

Question 17

Iliad

Answer 17

Homer’s epic about the Trojan war

Question 18

Odyssey

Answer 18

Homer’s epic about the wandering a of Odysseus

Question 19

Who said, “men of Athens! See what my enemies have done to me because I am a friend of the people.”

Answer 19

Pisistratus

Question 20

Hippias

Answer 20

Son of Pisistratus, ruled Athens until driven out for cruelty

Question 21

Hipparchus

Answer 21

Son of Pisistratus, ruled Athens with his brother until killed by enemies

Question 22

Darius I (the Great)

Answer 22

King of Persia

Question 23

Miltiades

Answer 23

Greek General, victor of the battle of marathon

Question 24

Pheidippides

Answer 24

Messenger who ran 22 miles to announce the victory of marathon

Question 25

Theseus

Answer 25

Hero-god said to have fought for the Greeks at marathon

Question 26

Who said, “there you will find both earth and water for your master.”

Answer 26

The Spartans

Question 27

Who said, “Rejoice! Rejoice! We are victors!”

Answer 27

Pheidipedes

Question 28

Who said, “so much the better, we shall fight in the shade.”

Answer 28

Spartan soldier at Thermopylae

Question 29

Who said, “Stranger, tell that Spartans that we lie here in obedience to their commands.”

Answer 29

Inscription in the Spartan memorial

Question 30

Themistocles

Answer 30

Athenian statesman and soldier; advised the Athenians to build more ships

Question 31

Oracle of Delphi

Answer 31

Main oracle of the Athenian domain

Question 32

Pythia

Answer 32

Priestess of the oracle

Question 33

Battle of Salamis

Answer 33

Naval battle where the Athenians defeated the Persians

Question 34

Who said, “we fight for all.”

Answer 34

The Greek at Salamis

Question 35

Aristides

Answer 35

Athenian magistrate and general, rival of Themistocles, reputation for fairness

Question 36

Mardonius

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Persian General; left in command of the Persian forces in Thessaly after Xerxes retreat

Question 37

Pausanias

Answer 37

Nephew of Leonidas; defeated Mardonius at Plataea

Question 38

Battle of Mycale

Answer 38

Last sea battle between the Greeks and the Persians

Question 39

Battle of Plataea

Answer 39

Last land battle fought between Greeks and Persians (fought on same day as battle of Mycale)

Question 40

Who said, “I have never seen him but I am tired of hearing him called “the Just.”

Answer 40

Athenian to Aristides