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Leonidas at the Ther
History Quiz
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who was Leonidas? | The son of one of the kings of Sparta |
| What did Leonidas do as a boy? | As a boy he trained in the gymnasium and excelled at all manly sports. |
| What did Leonidas do as a man? | He fought in the Spartan army |
| What happened to Leonidas after the death of his father and half-brother? | Leonidas became king. |
| What happened eleven years after Leonidas became king? | He led the Greek army against the Persians who were threatened the Greece for a second time. |
| How did the invasion of the Persian about? | The defeat at Marathon had made Darius all the more determined to conquer the Greeks. |
| What happened to Darius after the defeat at Athens the first time? | He died 4 years later. |
| Who came to the throne after Darius died? | Xerxes, his son |
| What did Xerxes do after he became king? | He decided to carry out his father's plans to launch another attack on Greece. |
| How may years did Xerxes spend collecting men, horses and ships? | 4 |
| How big was his army and fleet? | The largest that the world had ever heard of |
| Where did Xerxes land forces meet? | Sardis, a city in Asia Minor |
| Where did Xerxes land forces go? | They marched to the shore of Hellespont |
| What was Hellespont? | A narrow strait between Europe and Asia |
| What did Xerxes order his engineers to do? | Make 2 bridges of boats across the strait for the passage of the army. |
| What happened to the bridge that Xerxes ordered his engineers to build? | The bridges were not strong enough and storm detroyed them. |
| How did the Xerxes feel about the loss of his bridges? | Angry |
| What did Xerxes order his soldiers to do after the loss of the bridges? | Scourge the waters with 300 lashes and then throw a set of chains into it to teach the water that he was its master. |
| What happened after the bridges were destroyed? | Two new bridges were built, stronger than the first. |
| What happened after the new bridges were built? | Xerxes marched his army over to the European shore of Hellespont |
| How many were in Xerxes' fleet? | 1,200 ships and 3,000 smaller vessls |
| What did Xerxes after crossing to Hellespont? | He had a throne of marble built. |
| What did Xerxes do with the marble throne? | He sat on it and reviewed his land forces along the shore and his ships sailing in the strait. |
| How long did it take the army to cross the bridges? | 7 days and 7 nights |
| What did the land force do once it crossed the bridge? | Made its way southward until it reached a high and almost impassable mountain range. |
| How narrow was the paint between the range and the sea? | Only a single wagon had room to pass |
| What did the Greeks call the narrow part of the road? | Thermopylae |
| What does Thermopylae mean? | Gates of the Hot Springs because of the hot sulphur springs nearby |
| Where did the Persians intend to march? | Through the pass of Thermopylae |
| Did the Persians march through the pass of Thermopylae? | No. They were stopped by a Greek force commanded by Leonidas, King of Sparta |
| Who was Leonidas? | King of Sparta |
| How many men did Leonidas have? | 4,000 |
| Where did Leonidas' men come from? | 300 from Sparta, the rest came from several different states |
| Where did the Greeks take their stand? | The narrowest part of the Pass |
| How long did the fighting between the Persians and Greeks go on? | 2 days |
| How many men did the Greeks lose? | Hardly a man |
| How many men did the Persians lose? | They suffered great losses of men |
| How did the Persians win against Greece? | A Greek traitor showed a band of Persians the path that led over the mountain which was poorly defended. |
| Could Leonidas have escaped? | Yes, but he, along with 300 Spartans and 700 men from a little town called Thespia refused to leave. |
| How did one of the Spartans reply when someone said that the arrows of the Persians would come in such showers as to conceal the sun? | So much the better; we shall fight in the shade |
| What did Leonidas do when he was penned in between two divisions of the Persian army? | Instead of waiting to be attacked, he led his men forward against the Persiand. |
| What happened when Leonidas led his men against the Persians who were penning him in? | The Greeks fought desperately, but they had no chance against such numbers and all but one man was slain. |
| What did the monument raised to the Spartans say? | Stranger, tell the Spartans that we lie here in obedience to their commands. |
| What happened when Xerxes marched into Athens? | It was deserted because all of the Athens had fled except one little band who held Acropolis. |
| What happened to the little band who held Acropolis? | Thy hurled rocks upon the attacking Persians, but they all either hurled themselves down the rock slopes or were put to death. |
| What did the Persian army do to Athens? | They plundered and burned Athens. |
| What did the Persian army do to the sacred olive tree? | Burned it to the ground. |
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