Episode 612 History Plus Ancient Greece Tours 1 The Acropolis

Choose the best answer to check your understanding of the tour. You may need to watch the video to be able to answer some questions.

What is the major mythical significance of the location of the Acropolis.

It was the place where Thesus slew the minotaur.

It was the place where Athena and Poseidon competed for patronage of the city.

It was the place where Athena was born.

It was the place where Zeus was hidden as a baby.

What is the meaning of Athena Nike?

Athena of protection

Athena of victory

Athena of war

Athena of wisdom

Which of the following were NOT involved in the building of the Acropolis?

Phidias

Iktinos

Michelangelo

Kallikrates

Which Athenian leader to whom goes the most credit of building the Akropolis?

Leonidas

Aegeus

Pausanias

Perikles

What is the meaning of Athena Promachos?

Athena who fights on the front lines

Athena the protector of crafts

Athena the protector of the city

Athena the olive tree planter

Which is NOT true about priest houses in the Acropolis?

Priests didn't usually stayed in them.

Priests usually carried out their rituals there.

Priests lived there all year long.

Priests were required to perform purification rituals before they were allowed to enter.

Who were the Arrhephoroi?

pristesses of Athena

young girls

young boys

the collection of Gods worshipped in Athena

According to Herodotus and Pausanias, what happened to the Olive Tree of Athena in 480 BCE?

It was planted there by Athena.

It was burnned by the Persians, but it grew back the very same day.

It was removed from its original place and planted in a secret place outside the city.

It was planted by Perikles and it is the same olive tree standing there today.

Which of the following CANNOT be found in the Erectheion temple?

Athena

Poseidon

Zeus

Erechtheos

How many cattle was sacrificed in the Panathenaia festival's hecatomb?

1

10

100

1000

Which of the following is the most important structure on the Acropolis?

Erectheion

Temple of Athena Nike

Priest houses

The Parthenon

Who made the great statue of Athena inside the Parthenon?

Michelangelo

Leonardo Da Vinci

Perikles

Phidias

Why was there a pool inside the Parthenon?

to perform religious rituals

to control the room's humidity

for priests and priestesses to bathe in

just mere decoration

What was the Delian League?

It was an alliance of Greek cities under the leadership of Athens to face the Persians.

It was an alliance of Greek cities under the leadership of Athens to face the Spartans.

It was part of the Great Panathenaia.

It was a military alliance between Sparta and Athens during the Peloponnesian War.

Who is Aspasia, the tour guide in the video?

The high pristess of Athena at the time.

One of the Arrhephoroi

Perikles's wife

Phidias's daughter

Episode 612 History Plus Ancient Greece Tours 1 The Acropolis

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