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Ancient Greece
| Answer | Person or Place |
|---|---|
| Site of the most famous of the Greek Oracles | Delphi |
| Main center of healing in ancient Greece | Epidauros |
| Theaters in ancient Greece were temples to this god | Dionysus |
| This god slew a snake that guarded a sacred spring | Apollo |
| This man wrote the Illiad and the Odysessy | Homer |
| Alexander the Great came from here | Macedonia |
| Agamemnon fought here | Troy |
| The most important gods in anceint Greece lived here | Mount Olympus |
| The most important sanctuary to Zeus in ancient Greece | Olympia |
| Zeus' wife | Hera |
| Ruler of Mycenae or Argos | King Agamemnon |
| Famous ruler known as a great Orator (speaker) and father of democratic reform | Pericles |
| Greek porches skirting marketplaces; made of columns and walls; where philosophers taught | stoas |
| Romans copied this culture | Greek |
| He fought the Persians and beat them to add Egypt to the Greek empire | Alexander |
| He died in Babylon | Alexander |
| Largest of the Greek city states; invented Democracy | Athens |
| This greek city state loved war | Sparta |
| City State that was a rival of Athens | Sparta |
| type of government where a small group of people ruled | oligarchy |
| this city state known for its beautiful pottery also made money by charging a toll to drag ships across its isthmus | Corinth |
| type of government where the people share the rule | democracy |
| type of government ruled by a king or family; rulership passed on to kin | monarchy |
| type of government ruled by one cruel person | tyranny |
| This city state hosted the Olympic games every four years | Olympia |
| According to legend, this rich city-state was ruled by Oedipus | Thebes |
| Greek Colony founded in Northern Africa | Alexandria |
| Greek colony founded in France | Massilia (modern Marseilles) |