Oresteia- Aeschylus- Mr. Shiflett

Aeschylus was a Greek ________________________. (select all that apply)

• god

• soldier

• tragedian (writer of tragedies)

• philosopher

Aeschylus was the first to write three stories known as a _________________________.

• fable

• trilogy

• history

• short story

Aeschylus also fought in the __________________Wars.

• Greek

• Peloponnesian

• Persian

• Athens-Sparta

Aeschylus died about_______________B.C.

• 475

• 455

• 300

• 499

The absence of laws and rules is called:

• democracy

• anarchy

• tyranny

• republic

The result of a man grasping political control that is not legitimate is called:

• democracy

• tyranny

• republic

• socialism

Aeschylus' Trilogy consists of Agamemnon; The Libation Bearers; and The _________________.

• Illiad

• Odyssey

• Eumenides

• Oracle

A(n) _____________________is a rule "by the people".

• tyranny

• anarchy

• democracy

• dictatorship

Agamemnon was the brother of___________________.

• Paris

• Priam

• King Menelaus

• Aeschylus

The Trojan War lasted ________________years.

• 2

• 4

• 5

• 10