CLAS210 Ancient Literature: Love Poetry

Sample Map Quiz

CYPRUS / KNOSSOS / CRETE / LESBOS / PAROS / THASOS / RHEGIUM / TEOS / SARDIS / ATHENS / SAMOS / BOEOTIA / CYRENE / ROME / SYRACUSE / COS / VERONA / ALEXANDRIA

Part I

Directions: Identify each place from the list above.

1. Island home of Sappho.

2. Anakreon spent the last years of his life here.

3. Birthplace of Catullus.

4. Location of famous library and center of Helenistic culture.

5. Home of Theokritus.

6. Kallimachos was born here.

7. Homeland of Korinna.

8. Island home of Archilochos.

9. Home of Ibykos.

10. Both Anakreon and Ibykos lived here at the court of Polykrates.


Part II

Directions: Find the answers to Part I on the map provided.

List of Places you should know for this quiz.

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