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| Who were the Minoans named after? |
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| Mythical king Minos (most powerful king of his time) |
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| Where and when did he live? |
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| Crete, prior to 1600 B.C. |
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| When did the Myceneans empire flourish? |
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| 1600-1200 B.C. (many myths took place during this time) |
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| What were the Myceneans known for? |
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| The Myceneans unvocalized alphabet helped create the first true what? |
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| What was the real reason of the Trojan War? |
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| When did the Trojan War take place? |
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| What was the fake reason for the Trojan War? |
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| What is a long narrative poem, that celebrates a hero, who embodies the virtues of his culture? |
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| Who was The Illiad and The Odyssey composed by? |
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| What time period did Homer write during? |
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| No one knows (legendary author) |
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| What are small political entities that have common Helenic heritages and are always at war? |
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| What city was famous for arts, intellect, and their navy? |
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| What city was known for warfare, their army, and being landlocked? |
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| What war was between Athens(Greece) and Persia? |
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| When was the Persian War? |
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| What time period did the Persian War start during? |
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| Who won the war and how did they win? |
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| Athens; Persia invaded and lost |
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| What was the period of greatest artistic achievement in Athens? |
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| Who was the democratic leader of Athens during the Golden Age? |
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| Who were the three playwrights of tragedies? |
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| Sophocles, Euripides, and Aeschylus |
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| What did Sophocles write and when? |
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| What did Euripides write and when? |
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| What did Aeschylus write and when? |
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| Seven Against Thebes; 465 B.C. |
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| Who were the three scientific philosophers? |
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| Socrates, Plato, Aristotle |
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| Who was believed to have corrupted youth in Athens? |
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| Who wrote the Republic and Allagory of the Cave? |
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| Who was Alexander the Great's teacher and wrote poetics? |
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| What were the primary virtues (values) of the Greeks, which were very simple, balanced, and had many rules? |
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| What ended the Golden Age in Athens? |
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| Who was the Peloponnesian War between? |
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| Who won the Peloponnesian War? |
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| Who was King Phillip's son? |
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| Where did Alexander the Great conquer all the way to? |
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| What did Alexander the Great spread throughout the world? |
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| Where was Alexander the Great's birthplace? |
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| What is the spread of Greek thought, style, and custom through the Mediterranean and Middle East? |
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| Who is the god of wine, fertility, and theatre? |
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| What are the set of rules concerning time, location and plot in a Greek play? |
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| What is the time rule in a Greek play? |
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| What is the location rule in a Greek play? |
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| Was violence used before the audience? |
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| What is a person of noble birth who has heroic qualities but always has his tragic flaw? |
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| What is an example of a tragic hero? |
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| What is the tragic flaw of the Greeks? |
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