Trivia Questions - Solution
- Columns carved in the shape of maidens are called Caryatids.
- What was the name of a drinking party for the rich? Symposium
- Helen of Troy was kidnapped from what city? Sparta
- How may muses were there? Nine
- Icarus flew too close to the sun, melting the wax on his artificial wings.
- Atlas had Heracles hold up the earth while he went on an errand for him.
- Sparta defeated Athens in the Second Peloponnesian War.
- After Themistocles soundly defeated the Persians at Salamis his countrymen ostracized him.
- Where were the first Olympic games held? Olympia
- How many events were there in the first Olympic Games? One
- The Olympics were dedicated to one god or goddess. Who was that? Zeus
- Who wrote about the Peloponnesian War? Thucydides
- The ancient Greeks were buried with a small silver coin to pay this fellow. Charon
- Who wrote about the Persian Wars? Herodotus
- What Olympic race did a Spartan woman (Kyniska) win? Chariot
- Whose drops of blood turned into the winged steed Pegasus? Medusa
- Hoplite soldiers fought in a close formation called a Phalanx.
- How many Fates were there? Three
- Who insulted the Olympic victor by pointing out that both the hare and the deer could run faster than he could and both were cowardly. Diogenes
- The Battle of Marathon was lost by Persia.
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