Greeks Flashcards
Where do the Greek gods live?
Mnt. Olympus
Who are the Titans?
The gods before the Olympians
What god is the king of the Olympians?
Zeus
Who was the god of sky and lightning?
Zeus
How did Zeus gain power?
Overthrew father (Cronos)
Who was Hercules?
He was one of Zeus’ demi-god sons
Who is Zeus’ wife?
Hera
What is Hera the goddess of?
Marrige, women, childbirth, heirs, kings, empires
Who is the god of the underworld?
Hades
How is Hades related to Zeus?
He is his brother
What is the river of sticks?
The line between the underworld and heaven
Who is the god of the sea, rivers, floods, droughts ect…?
Poseidon
How is Poseidon related to Zeus?
He is his brother
Who is Demeter?
She is the goddess of grain, agriculture, and the harvest
How is Demeter related to Zeus?
She is his sister
What is Aphrodite the god of?
Love and beauty
Who is Aphrodite the daughter of?
Uranus
What is Aphrodite one of, meaning she techniclly isnt an Olympian?
She is one of the deitics
What is Hestia the god of?
She is the goddess of hearth
How is Hestia related to Zeus?
She is his sister
What is Ares the god of?
War and justice
T or F? Is Ares the son of Zeus and Hera?
TRUE
Who was the only god considered “ugly’?
Hephaestus
What god never told a lie?
Apollo
What god is asociated with the moon?
Artimis
Who is the messenger of the gods?
Hermes
When and where did the ancient Greek culture first emerge?
Around 1600 B.C in Mycenae
How many peninsulas make up much of the Greek landmasses?
2
What 3 seas did Greeks use to gain contact with the outside world?
Aegean Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, and the Black Sea
What was the name of the first Greek state?
Mycenae
At what time did the Mycenaean civilization reach its height?
Between 1400 b.c. and 1200 b.c.
When the Mycenaean cilvilization was at its height in the beginning of the Greeks, what type of government was in place?
Monarchy
What kind of people were the Myceneans?
They were warrior people, and prided themselves on heroic deeds
According to Homer, what happened with the Mycenaeans at Troy?
They “sacked” or attacked troy around 1250 B.C
What led to the fall of Mycenaean civilization?
States fighting, major widespread earthquakes, Gree-speaking invaders 1100 B.C.
Why was the period after the fall of the Mycenaean civilzation called the “Dark Age”?
It was a time when the population declined and food production dropped.
What system of writing did the Greeks adopt to give them a new writing system?
The Phonecian Alphabet
When did Homer appear?
During the Dark Age
What kind of poems did Homer write?
Epic poems
What were the 2 first great epic poems in Greece?
Iliad and the Odessy
How is arete earned?
Won in struggle or contest
What became the central focus of Greek life?
The Polis
What is a Polis?
A Greek City-State
Where was the centural meeting place in a police?
Usually a hill. An acropolis was at the top of the hill.
What was the acropolis used for?
Used for refuge during an attack, or sometimes a religious center
What is the place below the acropolis?
An agora, or an open area where people could be assembled, or be used as a market.
By the fifth century B.C what was the population of Athens?
more than 300,000
What was the military system based on?
Hopilites
What are hopilites?
Heavily armed foot soldiers
What is a phlanax?
battle as a unit, marching shoulder to shoulder in a rectangular formation
What did Aristarchus of Samos do?
He created the theory that the sun is at the center of the universe and the earth rotates around it
What did eratosthenes do?
He determined the earth was round, and calculated its circumference
What did Euclid do?
He wrote a geometry textbook
What did Archimedes of Syracuse do?
He established the value of pi, invented the “archimedes screw”
What did epicurus do?
Founder of Epicureanism
What is Epicureanism?
The pursuit of happiness for yourself, having the mindset that happiness is the chief goal in life
When was the time of Archaic Greece?
1650 B.C-700 B.C
