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41 Cards in this Set
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Zeus
Roman name |
Jupitar
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Zeus
Who were my mom and dad? |
Rhea and Cronus
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Zeus
Who are my brothers and sisters? |
Poseidon, Hades, Hestia, Demeter, Hera
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Apollo: God of
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God of prophesy, music, and healing
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Apollo is often depicted playing which musical instrument?
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the lyre
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Which instrument is said Apollo invented?
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the lute
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Artemis: Goddess of
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Goddess of the hunt
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Artemis
Roman name |
Diana
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Athena: Goddess of
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Goddess of crafts, art, wisdom, and war
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Athena is in charge of...
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war
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Athena
Roman name |
Minerva
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What was the manner of Athena's birth?
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Swallowed Metis, got a headache, got Hephaetus to slice into his forehead, and out Athena sprang forth fully armed
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Aphrodite is in charge of...
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protecting of sailors
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What are the two stories about how Aphrodite was born?
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born from sea foam, or daughter of Zeus and Dione
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Aeschylus
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playwrite
wrote Agamemnon |
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Sophocles
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playwrite
wrote Oedipus Rex |
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Herodotus
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historian
first historian of the western world |
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Thucydides
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historian
wrote History of the Peloponnesian War |
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Phidias
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sculpter
Zeus Statue at the Temple of Olympia |
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Archimedes
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sciencist
pi |
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Hippocrates
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founder of medical science
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Euclid
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mathematician
wrote Elements of Geometry |
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Pythagoras
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philosopher
Phythagorean Theorem |
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Socrates
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philosopher
one of the most important thinkers of the new era he taught that education was the key to personal growth |
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Aristotle
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philosopher
Western Philosophy founded Siligenism A=B and B=C than A=C |
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Monarchy
Dates |
prior to 700s BCE
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Aristocracy/ Oligarchy
Dates |
700s -650 BCE
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Tyranny
Dates |
650 - 507 BCE
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Democracy
Dates |
507 - 336 BCE
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Monarchy
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one ruler (king)
absolute power rule passes to heirs - first oldest son |
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Oligarchy
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land holding nobles
-by birth -rule by a few |
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Tyranny
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one person rule power by force absolute power
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Sparta was very
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military based
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Persian War
Dates |
492 - 479 BCE
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Golden Age of Athens
Dates |
461 - 429 BCE
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Peloponnesian War
Dates |
431 - 404 BCE
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Causes of the Persian War
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Persians attempted to control Ionia (Greek city-state in Asia Minor)
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Persians War
Who? |
Greek city-states vs. Persian
Darius I and Xerxes of Persia Themistodes of Athens King Leonidas of Sparta |
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Golden Age of Athens
Who? |
Greece/Athens
Pericles of Athens |
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Golden Age of Athens
Causes |
Athens preserved independence and under leadership of Pericles, emphasized new achievements
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Who was the Macedonian King who conquered much of Greece?
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Philip II
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