Ancient History Flashcards
(30 cards)
Who wrote the Oresteian Trilogy, the Persians, Promethus Bound, Agamemnon and the Supliants?
Aeschylus
Who wrote Oedipus Rex, Antigone and Electra, amongst others?
Sophocles
Who wrote Medea, Baccahe and Hippolytus?
Euripides
Who wrote Lysistrata and the Clouds?
Aristophanes
Who wrote de Rerum natura?
Lucretius
Who created Venus de Mlio, sculpted in the 2nd-1st century BC?
Alexandros of Antioch
What is the greek equivalent of a toga?
Chiton
Which war occured during 280-275 BC and who was it fought between?
King Epirus of Pyrrhus and the roman republic
Which greek event was held every 3 years between 566BC to the 3rd century AD?
Panathenaic Games
Who beat Aeschlyus in a contest for a prize at a Dionysian festival in 468BC?
Sophocles
Who formed the 7 sages of Greece and was a Mytilenean general?
Pittacus
Which famous greek was a stonemason and fought in the Peloponnesian War? He was later sentenced to death.
Socrates
Who, according to Thucydides, was the first citizen of Athens?
Pericles
Who expanded the Delian League before later succumbing to a plague?
Pericles
Who wrote about the Greco-Persian Wars in his ‘The Histories’?
Herodotus
Who won battles at Issus, Gaugamela and Granicus?
Alexander the Great
Which king did Alexander beat at the battle of Hydaspes?
King Porus
Who was described as the ‘blind bard from the island of Chios’?
Homer
What did Aristotle form at Athens?
Lyceum
Which greek artist lived from 480-430, and was accused of embezzling gold for a statue of Athena?
Pheidias
Name two ancient greek female writers
Sappho (4 line poem) and Anyte of Tegea (‘female Homer’)
Who taught Democritus?
Leucippus
Who was the hero king of Sparta during the battle of Thermopylae, during the Greco-Persian wars? Who was defeated?
King Leonidas 1 beat Xerxes 1 (Achaemenid Empire)
Which greek scientist conducted research into the eclipses?
Thales of Miletus
