Mount Olympus | the most important gods in ancient Greece lived here |
Troy | Agamemnon fought here |
Olympia | the most important sanctuary to Zeus in ancient Greece |
Dionysus | theaters in ancient Greece were temples to this god |
Hera | Zeus’ wife |
Epidauros | main center of healing in ancient Greece |
Delphi | site of the most famous of the Greek Oracles |
Macedonia | Alexander the Great came from here |
Homer | this man wrote the Illiad and the Odyssey |
Apollo | this god slew a snake that guarded a sacred spring |
King Agamemnon ruled in Corinth | false |
Pericles was a famous tyrant of Athens | false |
Greek philosophers sometimes taught in stoas | true |
the Romans despised Greek culture | false |
Alexander the Great was finally defeated in Egypt | false |
the ancient Greek city-states had colonies in north Africa and in southern France | true |
the ancient Greeks contributed little to mathematics | false |
most Spartans feared war and loved luxury | false |
democracy was born in Greece | true |
slavery was illegal in ancient Greece | false |
Books 1-5 Odyssey Part 5
April 23, 2020