Test Flashcards
What were the people of Troy called?
Trojans
What was another name for a marketplace?
agora
What greek god was the founder of Athens?
Athena
What is another name for a city-state?
polis
What were the 3 greek columns?
Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian
What is the name of the famous building in Athens?
Parthenon
What does the word Odyssey mean?
long journey
Who is the god of the sea?
Poseidon/Neptune
Who is the god of love and beauty?
Aphrodite/Venus
Who is the god of the underworld?
Hades/Pluto
Who is the head god?
Zeus/Jupiter
Who is the queen of the gods?
Hera/Juno
Who is the god of war?
Ares/Mars
Who is the messenger of the gods?
Hermes/Mercury
Only men performed in plays usually?
True
Who was the hero in the Odyssey?
Odysseus
Who was Greece conquered by?
Rome
What is the art form that is put together by bits and pieces?
mosaics
What were the colors in greek pottery?
black and terracotta
The greeks were known for founding what kind of government?
democratic/democracy
What did they call their slaves?
helots
A creature who was half man and half bull, the offspring of Pasiphaë and a bull with which she fell in love. Confined in Crete in a labyrinth made by Daedalus and fed on human flesh, it was eventually slain by Theseus.
Minotaur
A many-headed snake whose heads grew again as they were cut off, killed by Hercules.
Hydra
A creature with the head, arms, and torso of a man and the body and legs of a horse.
Centaur
A fire-breathing female monster with a lion’s head, a goat’s body, and a serpent’s tail.
Chimera
A member of a race of savage one-eyed giants. In the Odyssey, Odysseus escaped death by blinding Polyphemus.
Cyclops
A creature that has the power to fly, and can also sniff out treasure.
Griffon
A watchdog that loves honey, has three heads, and guards the gates to the underworld.
Cerberus
Each of three sisters, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa, with snakes for hair, who had the power to turn anyone who looked at them to stone.
Gorgon
A rapacious monster described as having a woman’s head and body and a bird’s wings and claws or depicted as a bird of prey with a woman’s face.
Harpies
What is the geography of Greece?
very mountainous
What is the famous hill that the Parthenon is built on?
Acropolis
Who was the man who wanted to rule the world, and almost did it?
Alexander the Great
What is the name of this man? Teacher and philosopher, tutored Alexander the Great.
Aristotle
Largest city in Attica, famous for government and philosophers.
Athens
Country north of Greece. Conquered Greece in 338 B.C. Their ruler at the time was King Philip.
Macedonia
Wealthy noble and popular leader of Athens during the Golden Age of Greece.
Pericles
Their army outnumbered Greece. But were unsuccessful.
Persians/Persia
Name of the man that ran from Marathon to Athens to tell of their victory.
Pheidippides
King of Macedonia, was admired by the Greeks.
King Philip
Great philosopher, forced to drink poison because he was spreading “Dangerous Ideas”.
Socrates
Large city state, known for their military.
Sparta
Fix the order of philosophers Plato Alexander the Great Aristotle Socrates
Socrates
Plato
Aristotle
Alexander the Great
Capricorn
Goat
Sagittarius
Centaur
Leo
Lion
Gemini
Twins
Taurus
Bull
Libra
Scale
Well traveled sea right by Greece
Mediterranean Sea
A synonym for city-state
Polis
What did Homer write about in the Odyssey.
Trojan War
When people refer to “Ancient Greece” does it mean only to Greece itself.
No, there are lots of Islands.
Name the battle, that is Greece against Persia.
Battle of Marathon
Greeks would use this instrument in their Agoras, it calculated numbers.
Abacus
Athenian building known for its architecture.
Parthenon
Today doctors pledge what acient greek oath?
Hippocratic Oath
In 2 B.C. who did Greece fall to?
Rome
In order to speak to the Democratic Assembly, you had to possess all but one of these. Which one? A) Speaking abilities B) Great military record C) Not offended public morals D)Married with two children
D) Married with two children.
