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| Who used dialectic to get the young men of Athens to admit they knew nothing? |
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| In ancient Sparta, at what age were boys taken from their homes and moved into barracks? |
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| Who was in charge of the cavalry unit at the Battle of Chaeronea? |
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| The word philosophy is based on philo, meaning love, and sophia, meaning... |
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| The Greeks are credited with building the first museum, dedicated to the muses, goddesses of... |
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| Which philosopher influenced the realism of the Hellenistic era? |
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| Who used the funds from the Delian League to rebuild the buildings on the Athenian Acropolis? |
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| Used in words like cafeteria, auditorium, and museum, the Greek suffixes ia, ium and eum mean... |
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| When the Spartans needed workers to farm their land, they captured their neighbors, the... |
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| The sculptural grouping known as the Dying Gauls was displayed atop the Acropolis at... |
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| During which era in the West did grid plans for city planning come into common use? |
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| Alexander led his troops eastward until they finally mutinied upon reaching the... |
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| Reflecting Greek humanism, which column was based on a module of a woman's foot? |
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| Who said we are all like persons chained in a cave looking at flickering images on the wall? |
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| During which era do we see the depiction of nudity in female sculptures? |
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| The fifth century BC, between 499-400, is known as which era? |
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| In ancient Athens, what percent of persons were not permitted to vote? |
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| The Etruscans believed they could tell the future by hepatoscopy, which is looking at... |
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| In their portraits, togas, temple design, and use of the arch, the Etruscans left a legacy to the... |
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| Used as a backdrop for the stage in Greek theatre, the scene was designed to look like a... |
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| Which sculptor developed the Greek canon of proportion and the chiastic principle? |
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| Using their system of ostracism, the Athenians could vote a citizen out of Athens for... |
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| The Monument to Lysicrates was erected to celebrate Lysicrates who was a famous... |
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| The Parthenon was named for Athena as Parthenos, which means Athena as... |
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| Who said, "Buildings live on long after man's deeds are forgotten"? |
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| Which two deities competed to become the civic deity of Athens? |
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| Often credited with preserving democracy in the West, the Battle of Marathon was fought in... |
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| The interiors of Etruscan tombs were often constructed to look like Etruscan... |
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| Who said we are all like charioteers driving two horses, appetite and reason? |
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| Which of the following "isms" best explains the Aegean and Greek cultures? |
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| Known as the first true historian, who wrote about the Peloponnesian wars? |
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