Seminar Ancient Greece Review

Voting to exile a person was known as _____

This poet wrote of gods and peasants.

Which Athenian statesman began to pay government officials?

Privledges of Athenian citizens were all of the following EXCEPT:

Spartan soldiers could retire from the army at age ____

What animal seems to have had special significance for the Minoans?

Who excavated the palace of Knossos?

Columns with acanthus leaves as capitals are _____ columns.

Which historian wrote the PERSIAN WARS?

Greek city-states had colonies everywhere EXCEPT _____

The most famous example of a tyranny in ancient Greece was _____

Where was the famous oracle of Apollo located?

Government by a hereditary king or queen is _____

Resident foreigners in city-states were called ____

A Greek infantry solider was called a _____

One who seizes power by force and is not subject to the law is a(n) _____

The body of water crossed by Xerxes by bridge to get to the Balkan peninsula was ___

Who was the law giver for the Spartans?

The Greek mythology/religion practiced in ancient Greece had this many main god/goddesses

Who was the tyrant who ruled Athens for 30 years?

What was the defensive alliance of Greek city-states after the Persian Wars called?

The standard warship for ancient Greece was the ____

What is the Greek word for "striving for excellence"?

Government by the citizens is ______

All of the following were sports in the ancient Olympics EXCEPT

The art of public speaking was ____

The leading city-state in trade was ____

What is the mythological home of the Greek gods?

Most of the Greek astronomers had this conception of the universe: ___

Who is the Father of Geometry?

The Olympic games honored which Greek God?

The form of writing found in Mycenae was ____

Government by a few is _______

All of the following were expected of women in Athens EXCEPT

Aristotle added a new element. It was ___ (what the heavens are made of).

The best known Greek comic playwright is ____

Who wrote the HISTORY OF THE PELOPONNESIAN WARS?

All of the following were punishments in ancient Greece EXCEPT

The central market place of a polis was the _____

Who is the hero of the ILIAD?

Who won the Peloponnesian Wars?

The king of Persia who attacked the Ionian colonies was ___

A "hetairai" was a _____

This man was a traitor to both Athens and Sparta during the Peloponnesian Wars

The winner of the ancient Olympic games won a _____

The typical military formation for Greek soldiers was the ____.

Government by the wealthy few is _______

Who led the Athenians at the Battle of Marathon?

Which king held out as long as he could at Thermopylae before being killed by Persians?

What ancient city did Heinrich Schliemann excavate?