What is the name of the building behind the stage that served as the setting of the play?
The skene.
What did all Spartan men have to do?
They all had to serve in the army.
When did Alexander the Great rule?
336 BC-323 BC
Were the helots free in Sparta? YES or NO?
No.
What was a typical athenian house like?
Small, made of bricks, roofs made of clay tiles, small windows without glass, wooden shutters.
What is a polis?
The Greek city state.
Who was Alexander's teacher?
The Greek philosopher, Aristotle.
What was the most important plant they produced in Greece?
Olive tree.
What is the name of the place where the chorus stood?
The orchestra pit.
What did Alexander want to spread in his empire?
The Greek way of life and culture.
What were the 2 types of plays in Greece in the 5th century BC?
Comedies and tragedies
Who was Hippocrates?
The founder of modern medicine.
What happened at Thermopylae?
A Greek traitor helped the Persians and Xerxes could defeat the Spartan king, Leonidas. There were only 300 greek soldiers and 20,000 Persian soldiers.
When was the First Greek-Persian War?
It was in 490 BC.
Where is Sparta (on which Peninsula)?
Peloponnese
Who were the third group of society in Athens?
The slaves.
What was the name of the Greek battle strategy?
Phalanx
Who was the Greek commander at the battle of Salamis? What happened here?
Themistocles was the commander, the Greeks won by joining their forces.
How old were the members of the Council in Sparta?
They were more than 60 years old.
What was the difference between the citizens and the metics?
Citizens were born in Athens, metics were not.
What is the theatron?
The place where the audience sat.
Who was Herodotus?
A famous historian, the Father of History.
What is the name of the temple of Athena?
Parthenon.
What was the centre of everyday life?
The agora (the market).
How many archons were there?
9
What is democracy?
A political system, the will of the people.
Were Spartan children often beaten? YES or NO?
Yes.
How big was the Persian Empire?
From the Mediterranean to the Indus Valley.
How many letters were in the Greek alphabet?
24 letters
What does the word HELLENE mean in Greek?
GREEK
When did boys go to school in Athens?
At the age of 7.
Where did men and boys live in Sparta?
They lived together in barracks (camps) without their families.
What is the acropolis?
The centre of a city state, where there is a temple of a god.
What is a strategoi?
leader of the army
Where was the First Greek-Persian War?
It was at Marathon.
Did girls go to school in ancient Athens? YES or NO?
No.
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