The Landmark Thucydides Quizzes & Trivia
The Landmark Thucydides is a book, edited by Robert B. Strassler and introduced by Victor Davis Hanson. Thucydides was an Athenian historian who enumerates about the war between Athens and Sparta. Peloponnesian War is a...
Questions: 11 | Attempts: 507
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Sample QuestionWhat did Thucydides believe had given King Agamemnon of Mycenae the right to lead the Greeks against Troy?
A 12-question quiz on The History of the Peloponnesian War, based on The Landmark Thucydides and covering the first year of the war.
Questions: 12 | Attempts: 248
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Sample QuestionThe oracle located at the most important Greek temple inspired Cylon's attempted coup in Athens. Where was it located?
A 25-question final exam on The History of the Peloponnesian War
Questions: 24 | Attempts: 246
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Sample QuestionWhat two Greek cities were the primary antogonists in the Peloponnesian War fought between the Delian League and the Peloponnesian League?
A 12-question quiz on The History of the Peloponnesian War, based on The Landmark Thucydides and covering the second and third years of the war.
Questions: 12 | Attempts: 136
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Sample QuestionWhat event significantly weakened Athens during the summer of the war's second year?
A 12-question quiz on The History of the Peloponnesian War, based on The Landmark Thucydides and covering the fourth, fifth and sixth years of the war.
Questions: 12 | Attempts: 113
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Sample QuestionWhat powerful city led the entire island of Lesbos, except Methymna, into rebellion against Athens in the fourth year of the war.
The Landmark Thucydides Questions and Answers
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What did Thucydides believe had given King Agamemnon of Mycenae the right to lead the Greeks against Troy?
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What were the two cities whose long-standing rivalry was responsible for sparking the Peloponnesian War?
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Which Greek city had enjoyed freedom from tyrants for more than 400 years at the time of the Peloponnesian War?
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The oracle located at the most important Greek temple inspired Cylons attempted coup in Athens. Where was it located?
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Why did the Spartans consider "the curse of the goddess" to be a useful pretext for war against Athens?
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Which pair of Hellenic heroes of the Persian War eventually betrayed their cities in favor of King Xerxes of Persia?
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What two Greek cities were the primary antogonists in the Peloponnesian War fought between the Delian League and the Peloponnesian League?
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Where were Athens and Sparta located, respectively?
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How did Thucydides refer to the 50 years leading up to the war?
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What event significantly weakened Athens during the summer of the wars second year?
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How did the people of Athens respond to the plague?
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What did Athens do after the second invasion of Attica by the Peloponnesians?
A 12-question quiz on The History of the Peloponnesian War, based on The Landmark Thucydides and covering the seventh, eighth and ninth years of the war.
Questions: 11 | Attempts: 106
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Sample QuestionWhich Sicilian city revolted from Athens in the summer of the war's seventh year?
A 8-question quiz on The History of the Peloponnesian War, based on The Landmark Thucydides and covering the nineteenth through twenty-first years of the war.
Questions: 4 | Attempts: 100
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Sample QuestionWhat was the Athenian reaction to the total defeat in Sicily?
A 12-question quiz on The History of the Peloponnesian War, based on The Landmark Thucydides and covering the eighteenth and nineteenth years of the war.
Questions: 10 | Attempts: 81
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Sample QuestionWhy were the Syracusans losing hope and discussing surrender in the second year of the Athenian invasion?
A 12-question quiz on The History of the Peloponnesian War, based on The Landmark Thucydides and covering the seventeenth and eighteenth years of the war.
Questions: 11 | Attempts: 78
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Sample QuestionWhere did the Athenians decide to attack next after the destruction of Melos?
A 12-question quiz on The History of the Peloponnesian War, based on The Landmark Thucydides and covering the tenth through sixteenth years of the war.
Questions: 12 | Attempts: 73
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Sample QuestionWhy did Brasidas conclude that Cleon was incompetent despite his past successes at Pylos, Torone, and Galepsus.
