Week 19

Question 1

What type of style describes the training Spartan boys underwent in order to answer questions in a short and exact manner?

Answer 1

laconic

Question 2

What were the five men called who watched over and advised the Spartan kings?

Answer 2

ephors

Question 3

Spartan money was made of what heavy material?

Answer 3

iron

Question 4

What event sparked the First Messenian War in 743 B.C.?

Answer 4

the taking of Spartan women

Question 5

Who were the final victors of the First Messenian War?

Answer 5

Sparta

Question 6

What Messenian prince led the slave revolt against the Spartans?

Answer 6

Aristomenes

Question 7

When the Messenians lost the Second Messenian War in 685 B.C., where did they flee and found Greek colonies?

Answer 7

Italy & Sicily

Question 8

Who was the principal god of the Greeks whose temple was built in the city of Olympia?

Answer 8

Jupiter (Zeus)

Question 9

What athletic games were held at the temple at Olympia in order to attract visitor to the temple?

Answer 9

Olympic Games

Question 10

What type of crown was awarded the victors of these games?

Answer 10

olive leaves

Question 11

Who sculpted the forty-foot tall statue of Jupiter that adorned the temple at Olympia

Answer 11

Phidias

Question 12

When the Olympic Games were renewed in 1896, where were they held?

Answer 12

Athens