Ancient Greek Games

Just like children of today, children in ancient Greece enjoyed playing a variety of games.

• True

• False

Complete the sentence:

Greek parents viewed games as a good way for their children to develop certain_______

• Game

• Skill

• Muscle

• Technique

Greek games was much more?

• Fun

• Competitive

Ephedrismos, which was a kind of______game.

• Horseback

• Cow-back

• Piggyback

a Game in which a shell was painted black one side.

• Ephedrismes

• Morra

• Ourania

• Ostrakinda

Why did they blow-up a bladder?

What did they use it for?

• a Ball

• To eat

• To Draw on it

_________which was something of a cross between rugby and football?

• Morra

• Ephedrismos

• Episkyros

_____ a simple game in which a player threw a ball into the air and other players tried to catch it.

• Passé-boule

• Ourania

______this was similar to basketball. It involved trying to throw a ball through a hole in an upright board.

• Ourania

• Passé-boule

• Aprrhaxis

________this game involved bouncing a ball and keeping it bouncing!

• Ourania

• Aprrhaxis

• Passé-boule