Greek Quiz Vocab Words names Flashcards
Clesthenes
Father of democracy
Agora
Public square at the foot of the acropolis
Acropolis
Fortified city on a hill
Who are helots
Local people -slaves
Demi god
Half god half human
Who are medics
Foreigners- artisans & merchants
Polemarch
A leader
- military
-political
Ostracism
If a leader was voted out
Nike
The goddess of the winged victory
The titans
The original gods
Who is the king of the gods
Zeus
Hades
“Hell”
Who is the goddess of the hunt
Athena
Aphrodite
Goddess of love & beauty
Agoga
A bootcamp
What is a metropolis
A large city
The oracle of Delphi
A shrine where people went to ask gods for wisdom
Which Greek reformer was known as the father of democracy
Cleisthenes
What is “the voice of the people”
The assembly
The ____ wars were fought between the Greeks an the Persians
Peloponnesians
Name two major opponents in the peloponnesian war
Athens and Sparta
What major result did the peloponnesian war bring
Brought an end to the golden age and weakened Greece
At what battle did the Athenian navy crush the larger Persian navy?
The Battle of salamis
Who was the first Persian king to unite Persia
Cyrus the great
The Persian king that decided t punish Athens for not helping their fellow Greeks…
Darius
What Persian king amassed the largest army ever assembled in the ancient world to fight the Greeks
King xerxes
What is the Delian league
Was a military alliance of Greek city states formed by Athens to. Protect them against the Persians
Who was the Athenian leader during the golden age of Athens?
Pericles
2 Type of teachers
Philosopher. Seeker of wisdom
Sophist. Known of wisdom.
Who is the king of gods
Zeus
God of the sea
Poseidon
Who is god of the underworld/ death
Hades
Who is the queen of gods
Hera
Goddess of home/ family
Hestia
God of wisdom/war
Athena
Hunting goddess
Artemis
God of war
Aries
Goddess of love and beauty
Aphrodite
God of project, medicine, music
Apollo
God of fire
Hephaestus
Who is the messenger
Hermes
