Exam 3: The Civilization of the Greeks

Which of the following was not true of Greek religion?

The English archeologist who discovered and named Minoan civilization on Crete was Sir Arthur Evans.

Mycenaean kings used the title

The polis was the Greek name for

The story that when told that the many Persian arrows would darken the sky, a Greek warrior supposedly said, "That is good news. We will fight in the shade," is associated with the Battle of Thermopylae.

The Greek historian Thucydides differed from Herodotus in that the former

The "great expedition" by Athens against Crete dominated much of the second phase of the Peloponnesian War.

Tyranny in the Greek polis arose as

What were the chief characteristics of the Greek Dark Age?

The Sophists

For the Greeks, the term arete described the

Greek culture in the Archaic Age was represented in life-size stone statues of nude males known as kouros figures.

The development of the polis had a negative impact on Greek society by

Unlike the women of most other Greek cities, Spartan women were expected to

Cleisthenes' constitution established the Athenian government as

During the migrations of the Greek Dark Age, many Ionians

The strategoi in Athens

The vast majority of scholars do believe that Homer's Iliad has a basis in fact.

The Greek polis put primary emphasis on

Homer's Iliad points out the