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Who is the Greek god of the underworld?
Hates
Who was the Greek god of all gods?
Zeus
Who was the goddess of wisdom and sometimes of war?
Athena
Who was god of the water and the sea?
Poseidon
He was the messenger for the gods
Hermes
The Odyssey was a story written by whom?
Homer
What was the original title of the Odyssey in Greek?
The Iliad
What war does Odysseus go off to fight?
Trojan War
What is the main lesson the be learned from the Iliad?
Without gods, man is nothing.
What kind of story is the Iliad considered to be? What is it classified as?
An Epic Poem
He was the Persian Emperor to start the Persian Wars
Darius
This Spartan king fought at Thermopylae
King Leonidas
This famous Greek historian often exaggerated Greek history.
Herodotus
Which Persian king led troops into the Thermopylae pass?
Xerxes
This Greek philosopher encouraged self knowledge and truth. He was later executed because of it.
Socrates
They are the victors in the Persian Wars
Greeks
300 men from which city state went to fight against the Persians?
Sparta
At which battle did the Greeks send a runner to warn Athens of the approaching Persians.
Battle of Marathon
This is the name of the passage that the Spartans tried to defend.
Thermopylae
After the Persian War this league is formed
Delian
Alexander came from which modern day country?
Macedonia
He is Alexanders father and this is what happened to him.
Philip (Assassination)
Name one of the territories that Alexander conquered.
Persia, Egypt, India, Asia Minor (Turkey)
What happened to Alexanders Empire after he died?
Split into three kingdoms
What does the term Hellenistic mean?
The spread of Greek culture to other Greek colonies around 4 B.C.E. (Basically around Alexanders time)
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Greek Culture
This is the word used to describe the spread of Greek Culture during the 4 th century.