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MycenaeansGreek Stuff Greek Dudes 1 Point 2 Points 3 Points 4 Points 5 Points 1 Point 2 Points 3 Points 4 Points 5 Points 3 Points 4 Points 5 Points Ohhh… Homer and Poetry Minoans

They lived on this island

What is Crete?

This was the main structure found in Knossos

What is the palace complex?

They weren’t warriors but they were good at this aquatic activity

What is sailing?

Historians disagree but most think maybe this caused the sudden disappearance of the Minoan civilization

What is invasion (by Mycenaeans)?

He discovered the Minoan civilization

Who was Arthur Evans?

The Mycenaeans fought here (and left behind a big horse)

What is Troy?

Finding their pottery all around the Mediterranean proved they were good at this

What is trading (sailing)?

The finding of these shows the Mycenaeans may have believed in an afterlife

What are Tholos tombs/grave circles?

He discovered the Mycenaean civilization on his way to discovering Troy

Who was Heinrich Schliemann?

The king of the Mycenaeans who is killed by his wife after the Trojan War

Who is Agamemnon?

Homer was deprived of this sense

What is sight?

Homer’s story of a great war (although it never mentioned a horse)

What is the Iliad?

The Odyssey is the journey of this man

Who is Odysseus?

Homer’s tales incorporated the gods of Olympus, while this poet honored those victorious athletes of the Olympics

Who was Pindar?

Her poetry was not as epic, or violent, as Homer’s, instead focusing on lyric love poems

Who was Sappho?

Achilles had these (themes of the Iliad)

What is wrath and pride?

Odysseus slaughtered men who did not respect this theme of the Odyssey

What is xenia (hospitality)?

Salamis and Plataea were important battlefields in this/these war(s)

What are the Persian Wars?

Superman or Spiderman might fit within this theme of Greek drama

What is heroes?

In a polis you might find, next to the agora, a temple built on this hilltop (and it maybe guarded by hoplites)

What is the acropolis?

Archimedes discovered principles of the lever and pulley as well as developing this (I wonder if it was Dutch Apple)

What is pi?

DAILY DOUBLE

Apart from coming up with a triangle theorem, he cam up with other important principles used in geometry

He found the circumference of the earth

Who was Eratosthones?

Thucydides and this Father of History were the great Greek historians

Who was Herodotus?

He started the Trojan War by choosing Aphrodite as the prettiest goddess and taking Helen back to Troy with him

Who is Paris?