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Ohhh…Homer and
PoetryMinoans
They lived on this island
What is Crete?
This was the main structure found in
Knossos
What is the palace complex?
They weren’t warriors but they were good at this aquatic activity
What is sailing?
Historians disagree but most think maybe this
caused the sudden disappearance of the Minoan civilization
What is invasion (by Mycenaeans)?
He discovered the Minoan civilization
Who was Arthur Evans?
The Mycenaeans fought here (and left behind a big
horse)
What is Troy?
Finding their pottery all around the Mediterranean proved they were
good at this
What is trading (sailing)?
The finding of these shows the
Mycenaeans may have believed in an
afterlife
What are Tholos tombs/grave
circles?
He discovered the Mycenaean civilization
on his way to discovering Troy
Who was Heinrich Schliemann?
The king of the Mycenaeans who is
killed by his wife after the Trojan
War
Who is Agamemnon?
Homer was deprived of this
sense
What is sight?
Homer’s story of a great war (although it never mentioned
a horse)
What is the Iliad?
The Odyssey is the journey of this man
Who is Odysseus?
Homer’s tales incorporated the gods of Olympus, while this poet honored those victorious athletes of the Olympics
Who was Pindar?
Her poetry was not as epic, or violent, as Homer’s, instead
focusing on lyric love poems
Who was Sappho?
Achilles had these (themes of the Iliad)
What is wrath and pride?
Odysseus slaughtered men
who did not respect this theme of the
Odyssey
What is xenia (hospitality)?
Salamis and Plataea were important battlefields in
this/these war(s)
What are the Persian Wars?
Superman or Spiderman might fit within this theme of
Greek drama
What is heroes?
In a polis you might find, next to the agora, a temple built on this hilltop (and it maybe guarded by hoplites)
What is the acropolis?
Archimedes discovered principles of the lever and
pulley as well as developing this (I wonder if it was
Dutch Apple)
What is pi?
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DOUBLE
Apart from coming up with a triangle theorem,
he cam up with other important principles used
in geometry
He found the circumference of
the earth
Who was Eratosthones?
Thucydides and this Father of History were
the great Greek historians
Who was Herodotus?
He started the Trojan War by choosing Aphrodite as the
prettiest goddess and taking Helen back to
Troy with him
Who is Paris?
