The Greeks

4. During the Peloponnesian war, what severely weakened Athens?
6. Sophocles held this rank when he was a part of the Athenian army.
7. Alexander revered which ancient Greek hero, going so far, as the legend says, to take his shield from his tomb and bring it into battle?
8. What was the Greek term for a city state?
9. What was the Greek term for a drinking session that followed a banquet?
12. What was the name of Alexander the great's mother?
13. What is the term for a government in which power is held by a small group or single party?
14. The Olympics were originally an event held to honor which god?
17. Who was the Greek God of youth, medicine, inspiration and the sun?
18. Which Greek mathematician managed to calculate the Earth's circumference to within a one percent margin of error?
21. What was the name for the eighteen foot, bronze tipped spears the Greeks would wield in battle?
22. Members of the Athenian Council were chosen through a what?
24. Which Greek historian wrote about the Peloponnesian war?
27. What was the term for plays with happy endings that satirized multiple aspects of Greek life?
29. The theatre evolved from religious ceremonies centering around which deity?

1. Alexander the Great's massive empire was divided after his death into three what?
2. What was the term for an individual that gained solitary control of a city state?
3. Who was the founder of the stoicism school of thought?
5. Which philosopher organized the prominent Lycium school of Athens?
7. What is the term for a landowning noble?
8. What was the Greek military formation of numerous foot soldiers called? In which they group tightly together to form a layered shield wall?
10. Which civilization conquered the Minoans
11. Which philosopher organized a theorem explaining the existing relationship between sides of a right angled triangle?
15. Alexander the Great burned razed which Persian city when he defeated Darius for the last time?
16. The Hellenic era was followed by which period?
19. Who is considered to be the father of modern medicine?
20. Which Athenian king was noted for his brutality and harsh laws?
23. Which civilization evolved on Crete and was decimated by volcanic activity?
25. Who is considered to be the father of modern history?
26. Socrates was executed with a poison derived from what plant?
28. The palace of Minos was found where?