No16 Y2 Classics Monday Mix-Up

When the Pythian games were being held at Delphi, how many people could the sanctuary hold at maximum capacity?

• 10,000

• 20,000

• 30,000

• 40,000

The Serpent Column at Delphi was dedicated by a number of Greek city states to commemorate what?

• Victory in the Persian Wars

• Victory in the Peloponnesian Wars

• Victory in the Pythian Games

• Their love of snakes

When was the last time the Delphic Oracle was consulted by a ruler?

• 1st century AD

• 2nd century AD

• 3rd century AD

• 4th century AD

Which city state was the first to build a treasury made entirely out of marble (and therefore very expensive!) at Delphi?

• Corinth
• Siphnos

• Thebes
• Sparta

Which god had a sacred oracular cave further up Mt Parnassus near to Delphi?

• Pan

• Zeus

• Athena
• Hades

How often was the Greater Panathenaic Festival?

• Every 2 years

• Every 4 years

• Every 6 years

• Every 8 years

Which playwright quipped that the "main after effect of the Panathenaia was indigestion" (highlighting the social aspect of the festival & sacrifices)?

• Aristophanes
• Aeschylus
• Sophocles
• Euripides

Who sculpted the chryselephantine statue of Athena Parthenos in the Parthenon (he also sculpted Zeus Olympios at Olympia)?

• Pheidias

• Polykleitos
• Myron
• Praxiteles

Which hero had a healing cult at Oropos?

• Herakles

• Asclepius
• Amphiaraus

• Theseus

Which deme of Athens' calendar teaches us about who paid for sacrifices, what animals were sacrificed, and a whole lot more?

• Ikarion

• Erchia

• Teithras

• Philaidai