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Sport and Spectacle Four: Archaic Greece
Sport and Spectacle Four: Archaic Greece
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A #classics quiz to check reading comprehension of Chapter Four of Kyle's #SportandSpectacle.
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1
Which epic poem mentions the games at Olympia?
Homer's Iliad
Hesiod's Theogeny
Homeric Hymn to Delian Apollo
none of the above
2
What ancient Greek word was an insulting term referring to the colour of one's backside?
white-rumped (leukopygos)
dark-rumped (melampygos)
yellow-rumped (deilopygos)
blue-rumped (kyanopygos)
3
Which tyrant is commemorated in Pindar's 1st Olympic Ode a Panhellenic victor (in the
tethrippon
)?
Polykrates of Samos
Kleisthenes of Sikyon
Hieron of Syracuse
Periander of Corinth
4
What is a literal translation for the Greek word
gymnasion
?
place for wrestling
place for training
place for running
place for nudity
5
Which Western Greek colony had notable success at the Olympic games in the 6th century?
Neapolis
Syracuse
Kroton
Naxos
