BIG Ancient Greece Test Flashcards
1
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Minoans
A
Earliest Greek Civilization (Island of Crete)
2
Q
King Midas
A
Everything he touched turned to gold! Even his daughter D:
3
Q
Agora
A
At the foot of the acropolis, it was the “central hub”
4
Q
Symposium
A
Buncha men drink together and talk philosophy
5
Q
Cronus
A
Leader of the Titans
6
Q
Polis
A
City state, basic political unite of the Helenistic civilization
7
Q
Metropolis
A
“Parent City”
8
Q
Bards
A
Singing storytellers - kept Mycenaean history alive during the “dark age”
9
Q
Cleisthenes
A
“Father of Democracy”
10
Q
Homer
A
Blind poet who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey
11
Q
Atlas
A
Titan who had to hold up the world for eternity
12
Q
Pericles
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Athenian leader during the golden age of Greece
13
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Acropolis
A
Fortified hill where there was a shrine for local god
