Deck 3 Flashcards
What language did the Mycenaeans speak?
An early form of Greek
What famous Greek bard was reputed to have composed the epic poems, The lliad and The Odyssey?
Homer
What kind of government is led by the nobles?
Aristocracy “rule by the best”
What was the name of the slave class in Sparta?
Helots
What religion did the Persians follow?
Zoroastrianism
At which battle in 480 BC were the Greeks (led by the Spartans) defeated holding a narrow pass into Greece?
Battle of Thermopylae
What did the Delian league members have to provide to the league?
Ships or money
What was Pericles’ plan for Athens to win the Peloponnesian war?
Stay behind their city walls until the Spartans gave up and agreed to peace
Who won the Peloponnesian war?
Sparta
Who were in a oikos?
The family, servants, and slaves
What is Polytheism?
The belief in and worship of many gods
In Greek mythology, what creature lived in the labyrinth under the palace of King Minos?
Minotour
