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Greek Review VPH
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| polis | built around a high area |
| Sparta | one of the mighiest city-states in Grecce. belived in war unike Athens |
| Zeus | King of the gods |
| Hera | Queen of the gods |
| Poseidon | god of the sea |
| Hades | god of the underworld |
| Athena | goddess of wisdom |
| Apollo | god of prophecy |
| Ares | god of war |
| Aphrodite | goddess of love |
| Hermes | the messager god |
| Democracy | a from of goverment run by the poeple |
| Direct Democracy | were poeple can vote directly on an issuse |
| Peloponnesian War | Fought between Athens and Sprata |
| Greek Philosphy | Socrates, Plato, Aristole |
| Greek Lit. | Homers Epics (Iliad and the Odyssey) |
| Alexander The Great1 | King at 20, Died at 33. King of the Macedonians |
| Persian War | The Persians fought Grecce |
| Athens | A powerful city-states in Grecce, belived in art aq nd lit. unlike Sprata |
| Greek Drama | Wore masks, had a chorus |
| Alexander the Great 2 | He married two Persian princesses |
| Art and Lit. | Love stories and beautiful sculptures |
| Scince and Tech. | Euclid, Eratosthenes,and Archimedes |
| Cause and Effect of the Peloponnesoan War | Athens lost a lot of supplies, Sprata became powerful |
| History | Herodotus became the first historian, The second was Thucydides |