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Eleanor M. Savko
Persian Wars
Greek Myth and the English Language
Peloponnesian War and Visual Clues
5/15/2018
Hellenistic World
Greek Contributors to the Modern World
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2. Two Persian kings who invaded Greece

3. Darius and Xerxes

4. Place where Leonidas and the Three Hundred fought to the death to buy time for the Greek city states

5. Thermopylae

6. Place where the Athenian army stopped the first Persian invasion

7. Marathon

8. Naval battle that led to Persian defeat in the second Persian War

9. Salamis

10. Distance that Pheidippides ran after an Athenian victory

11. 26.2 Miles (A marathon!)

12. A successful businessman is often said to have the touch of this mythical Greek king

13. Midas

14. An amazing job that completed a difficult task

15. Herculean

16. A never-ending task that is impossible to complete

17. Sisyphean

18. Some people say that stirring up trouble is “opening a can of worms
Some people say that stirring up trouble is “opening a can of worms.” Educated people might say this instead.

19. Opening Pandora’s Box

20. Adjective describing a vain, self-centered person

21. Narcissistic

22. Defense League led by Athens

23. Delian League

24. Two main enemies in the Peloponessian War

25. Athens and Sparta

26. His embezzlement of funds and arrogant treatment of allies helped lead to the Peloponnesian War

27. Pericles

28. Greek adjective many of my boys would use to describe this actress.

29. Aphrodite

30. In order, these three types of Greek Columns

31. Doric, Ionic, Corinthian

32. Father of Alexander the Great

33. Phillip II

34. Tutor of Alexander the Great

35. Aristotle

36. Language spoken in the Hellenistic World

37. Greek

38. The Hellenistic world combined these two cultures

39. Greek and Oriental

40. Eastern boundary of Alexander’s conquests

41. Indus River Valley (Will also accept India)

42. Aeschlyus and Sophocles wrote this type of play

43. Tragedy (Will accept drama)

44. Great Greek doctor

45. Hippocrates

46. Founder of Geometry and author of “The Elements.”

47. Euclid

48. Mathematician who created a formula to calculate the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle.

49. Pythagoras
Bonus Question for the person who got this right (Worth 500 extra points!) In the triangle below, what is the length of the hypotenuse? 6 8

50. Greek scientist/engineer who worked with levers, calculated pi, developed a machine to pump water out of mines, and built war machines to fight the Romans

51. Archimedes