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markos test 1
greek literature
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the Gareek word for city state | polis |
| What is the Greek word for time of glory | aristeia |
| What is the Greek word for guest-host relationship | xenia |
| What is the Greek word for shame | aidos |
| What is the Greek word for blame | nemesis |
| What is the Greek word for god-like anger | menis |
| What is the Greek word for skill or talent | techne |
| What is the Greek word for representation of a god | theophany |
| What is the Greek word for home | oikos |
| What is the Greek word for homecoming | nostoi |
| What is the Greek word for descent into the underworld | nekuia |
| What is the wand that Hermes uses to lead men to the underworld | kaduses |
| What is the Greek name for marketplace where people were ostracized | agora |
| What is the Greek name for small world | microcosm |
| Who is the king of the gods | zeus |
| What is the queen of the heavens | hera |
| Who is the virgin goddess | athena |
| Who is the lord of the bow | apollo |
| Who is the god of war | ares |
| Who is the goddess of love | aphrodite |
| Who is the god of the seas | posiedon |
| Who is the mother of Achilles | thetis |
| Who is the ugly lame god | hephastus |
| Who is the consort of Zeus he claimed after putting away Thetis | themis |
| Who is the god’s messenger in the Iliad | iris |
| Who is the god’s messenger in the Odyssey | hermes |
| Who is the nymph who kept Odysseus for 7 years | calypso |
| Who is the nymph who turned Odysseus men into pigs | circe |
| Who was the greatest Greek warrior | achilles |
| Who was the leader of the Greek army | agamemnon |
| Who was the husband of Helen | menelaus |
| Who was the king of Troy | priam |
| Who was the greatest Trojan warrior | hektor |
| Who was the Trojan who took Helen | paris |
| Who was the second greatest Greek warrior, the son of Telamon | aias |
| Who was the wise man of the Greek army | nestor |
| Who was the son of Nestor | antilochus |
| Who was the hero of the Odyssey | odysseus |
| Who was the good friend of Achilles | patroklos |
| Who was the Greek warrior who refused to fight Glaukos | diomedes |
| Who was the mother of Hektor | hecuba |
| Who was the lady with the face that set sail 1000 ships | helen |
| Who was the wife of Hektor | andromoche |
| Who was the son of Hektor | astyanax |
| Who was the father of Achilles | peleus |
| Who was the concubine of Achilles | breseis |
| Who was the concubine of Agamemnon | chryses |
| Who was the son of Odysseus | telemachus |
| Who was the wife of Odysseus | penelope |
| Who was the Trojan who refused to fight Diomedes | glaucos |
| Who was the mentor of Achilles | phoinix |
| Who was the Trojan spy killed by Odysseus and Diomedes | doloon |
| Who was the Trojan who escaped and founded Rome | aeneas |
| Who was the Trojan who advised Hektor to retreat | poulydamas |
| Who was the son of Zeus who was killed by Patroklos | sarpedon |
| Who was the ugly man whom Odysseus struck | thersites |
| Who was the daughter of Priam, the priestess of Apollo | cassandra |
| Who was the righteous man that the gods ate with | tantallis |
| Who was the son whom Tantalis fed to the gods | pelops |
| Who were to the two sons of Pelops | atreus and thyestes |
| Who was the lover of Clytemnestra, the son of Thyestes | aegisthis |
| Who was the wife of Agamemnon | clytemnestra |
| Who was the son of Agamemnon | orestes |
| Who was the Phaecian princess who found Odysseus | naucissa |
| Who were the king and queen of Phaeancia | arete and alcinous |
| Who were the two main Suitors | Eurymachus and antinous |
| Who was the one-eyed Cyclops | polyphemus |
| What was the name Odysseus gave to the Cyclops | me tis |
| Who was the king who gave Odysseus the bad winds | aeolus |
| Who were the man eaters who ate most of Odysseus’ men | lestrygonians |
| Who was the man who fell of Circe’s roof and died | elpenor |
| Who was the blind prophet Odysseus went to see in Hades | tiresias |
| What was the monster which had six heads | scylla |
| What was the monster whirlpool | charybidis |
| Who was the kindly swineherd | eumaus |
| Who was the nurse of Odysseus and Telemachus | eurycleia |
| Who was the happiest man according to Solon | tellus |
| Who was the second happiest man according to Solon | tie – cleobis and biton |
| Who was the rich king of Lydia | croesus |
| Who was the great Athenian tyrant who left for ten years | solon |
| Who was the strict disciplinarian who laws were repealed by Solon | draco |
| Who were to the sons of Peisistratus | hippias/hipparchus |
| Who was the man who controlled Athens during Solon’s absence | piesistratus |
| Who was the good ruler after Hippias and Hipparchus | cleisthenes |
| Who were the two men who killed Hippias and Hipparchus | harmodius and aristogiton |
| Name two Persian kings | cambyses and darius |
| Who was the Marathon runner | pheidippides |
| Who was the leader of Athens during the Athenians democracy | pericles |
| Who was the first Macedonian leader who united Greece | phillip of macedon |
| Who was the second Macedonian leader who spread Greek culture worldwide | alexander the great |
| Who were the three generals who took over after Alexander’s death | antigonus, seleucus and ptolemy |
| Who was the man who became the first Christian emperor | constantine |
| From what family did Cleisthenes come | alcemonid |
| What two reforms did Cleisthenes institute | ostracism and demes |
| Which generals did Cyrus send to destroy Athens and humble Greece | datis and artaphernes |
| In what year did Cyrus send Datis and Artaphernes to destroy Athens and humble Greece | 490 ad |
| Who were the Athenians that led the Greeks at Marathon | miltiades |
| Who was the man that caused Aristides to be ostracized and who created the Athenian fleet | themistocles |
| What were the ships of war made by Themistocles | tiremes |
| In what year did Xerxes send an army against Greece | 480 ad |
| What was the moment that defined the Greek city states as Greece | defeating the persians under xerses |
| What was the actual name and who defended the pass known as the “Hot Gates" | thermopylae |
| At what place did Xerxes loose part of his massive fleet to a storm | artemesium |
| Where was the major naval Persian defeat that caused the Persians to tuck tail and run | salamis |
| What was the name of the man that betrayed Leonidas and Thermopylae’s defenders | ephialtes |
| What was the name of Achilleus’ beastly scream that killed people | objective correlative |
| What is the name of the Persian general who stayed behind after Xerxes left | mardonius |
| What is the name of the general who commanded the Athenians and Spartans against Mardonius | pausanias |
| What is the place and year of the defeat of Mardonius | plataea and 479 ad |
| What is the first power center of Greece | crete |
| What is the second power center of Greece | mycenae |
| What is the third power center of Greece | ionia |
| What is the fourth power center of Greece | athens |
| What is the fifth power center of Greece | alexandria |