Greek Stuff
THE ANCIENT GREEKS NAME ___Harrison Funk_________________________________
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GREEK INTRO
1. At roughly what time period was the golden age of ancient Greece? 500 B.C.
2. Who was an ancient Greek writer of fables? Homer
3. Who was a Greek mathematician? Pythrogras
4. Why should Americans study ancient Greece? We oew everything to ancient Greece.
GREEK CITY-STATES
5. How is a city-state more than just a city? It had no desire to join a larger country.
6. What term was not in use during the golden age of Greece? Why not? They did not say greece so it was dotted with city-states
7. What is an agora? Assembly of the people/ town meeting
THE LIFE OF A GREEK GIRL
8. How were women oppressed in ancient Greece? Treated with disrespect
9. What would happen if a family did not have a male heir? All wealth would go to the closest male relative
10. At what age did most girls get married? 14
11. What is a dowry? Money goods estate
12. What was the goal of every Greek wife? To produce male heir
13. When was murder completely legal in ancient Greece? When someone was caught in a affair with a married women.
THE LIFE OF A GREEK BOY
14. What is a Greek adage about their newborn children? If its a boy keep it and if its a girl expose it
15. What ceremony did boys go through before becoming men? They cut their hair
16. Boys were sent to do what at the age of eighteen? Left for two years for military purposes.
17. What does the word gymnos mean? Means wearing no clothes
18. How long were men subject to the military draft? Two years
19. What is a lyre? harp
20. What is rhetoric? Is persuasive speaking
21. What was the Greek word for one who participates in sport contests?
22. What was a sophist?
23. What was the most dangerous Greek sport?
24. What is the “bible of the Greeks”?
25. The gymnasium was the ancient
To complete this worksheet use the information found on the following website: http://www.mythologyteacher.com/GreekIntro.html
GREEK INTRO
1. At roughly what time period was the golden age of ancient Greece? 500 B.C.
2. Who was an ancient Greek writer of fables? Homer
3. Who was a Greek mathematician? Pythrogras
4. Why should Americans study ancient Greece? We oew everything to ancient Greece.
GREEK CITY-STATES
5. How is a city-state more than just a city? It had no desire to join a larger country.
6. What term was not in use during the golden age of Greece? Why not? They did not say greece so it was dotted with city-states
7. What is an agora? Assembly of the people/ town meeting
THE LIFE OF A GREEK GIRL
8. How were women oppressed in ancient Greece? Treated with disrespect
9. What would happen if a family did not have a male heir? All wealth would go to the closest male relative
10. At what age did most girls get married? 14
11. What is a dowry? Money goods estate
12. What was the goal of every Greek wife? To produce male heir
13. When was murder completely legal in ancient Greece? When someone was caught in a affair with a married women.
THE LIFE OF A GREEK BOY
14. What is a Greek adage about their newborn children? If its a boy keep it and if its a girl expose it
15. What ceremony did boys go through before becoming men? They cut their hair
16. Boys were sent to do what at the age of eighteen? Left for two years for military purposes.
17. What does the word gymnos mean? Means wearing no clothes
18. How long were men subject to the military draft? Two years
19. What is a lyre? harp
20. What is rhetoric? Is persuasive speaking
21. What was the Greek word for one who participates in sport contests?
22. What was a sophist?
23. What was the most dangerous Greek sport?
24. What is the “bible of the Greeks”?
25. The gymnasium was the ancient