Quiz 4 Flashcards
Sappho is famous as a…
Poet
The Delian League was a group designed to organize…
Military endeavors
The Minoans were early inhabitants of..
Crete
A common form of government in classical Greece was rule by a small group of wealthy citizens, a system known as…
Oligarchy
The design of Sparta’s government and the reform of its social structure were attributed to a semi- mythical person known as..
Lycurgus
The Parthenon was a famous building in Athens used as a..
Temple
Which of the following was an author of Athenian comedies?
Aristophanes
The lengthy conflict between Athens and Sparta, from 431-404, is called..
The Peloponnesus War
In Sparta, helots were unfree people who were primarily employed as..
Farm laborers
Briefly explain the term “Mystery Religion “
Participants underwent an initiation ritual and gained secret knowledge that they were forbidden to reveal to he uninitiated. Many of these religions promised rebirth or an afterlife to adherents.
