Poets and Heroes and City-States

According to one story, a young Spartan warrior was told by his mother to return from the war

• with lots of black broth.

• before he turned twenty.

• in order to serve on the council of elders.

• either carrying his shield or being carried on it.

Which if the following was the first Greek state?

• the Isthmus of Corinth

• Mycenae

• Ionia

• Crete

The tyrants of ancient Greece were

• all oppressive and wicked.

• supporters of aristocrats.

• rulers who seized power by force

• wanted to establish a democratic government.

The poet who wrote the Iliad was named

Two major groups that settled within Greece itself were the

• Aeolians and Dorians.

• Agamemnons and Homers.

• Mycenaeans and Minoans.

• Spartans and the Trojans.

The ancient Greeks strove for a kind of ___________ that they called arête.

The word spartan has come to mean

• highly self-disciplined.

• oligarchical.

• a lover of literature.

• democratic.

During the Dark Age, some Greeks settled

• in Crete.

• on the Indian subcontinent.

• in Ionia, part of Asia Minor.

• in Mycenae.

The Iliad and the Odyssey are examples of

The teachings of Homer promoted

• the Phoenician alphabet.

• agriculture and trade

• sailing and warfare.

• the values of courage, honor, and excellence.