Great Minds
A famous Greek mathematician from Samos known for his geometric theorems such, as the famous (A^2+B^2=C^2)?
Who was Pythagoras
Known as the “Father of Western Philosophy”, this famous Athenian philosopher created the ____ method of asking critical questions to spark self-awareness, causing the annoyed Athenian elite to order him poisoned.
Who was Socrates?
Son of Phillip II of Macedon, this young king rapidly conquered the Persian Empire, Egypt, India, and Central Asia in only 13 years, never losing a battle.
Who was ALEXANDER THE GREAT?
Famous temple dedicated to Athena perched on the Acropolis of Athens.
The Parthenon
Written by Homer, this is universally recognized epic poem is the successor to the Iliad?
What is The Odyssey?
A famous Sicilian Greek ancient Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, and inventor, regarded as one of the greatest scientists of antiquity for discovering buoyancy, calculus, and Pi.
Who was Archimedes?
This Athenian founded the Academy of Athens and wrote “Atlantis” and “The Republic” and countless documents about Socrates?
Who was Plato?
Famous Spartan General who stood with 300 men on the mountain pass, Thermopalyae, to hold off Greece against 1,000 Persian invaders led by Xeres?
Who was King Leonidas?
A sanctuary in the Peloponnese, Greece, where all greek city states sent their best athletes to compete in athletic events for Zeus’s honor, featuring massive temples to Zeus and Hera and a gymnasium for training? Hint:
What is Olympia?
Famous demigod known for beheading Medusa and freeing an Eithiopean princess, Andromeda, who was chained to a rock, and turning it to stone with the head of Medusa, also one of the only Greek heroes to have a happy ending.
A famous Greek from Kos celebrated for being “The Father of Medicine” for figuring out that illness was not linked to the Gods but by envionrment? Hint: a famous medical oath was named after him.
Who was Aristotle?
Hailing from Athens, this statesman lead Athens through its golden age, ordering the construction of the Acropolis and it’s buildings, such as the Parthenon, the Erechtheion, the Temple Hephaestus, and several more and turning the previously loose confederation of equal Greek polises into an Athenian Empire with Athens as the capital.
Who was Pericles?
A sacred city perched high in the mountains of Greece that contained an Oracle who gave prophecies in the Temple of Apollo
What is Delphi?
This wealthy ruler of Phrygia was offered any superpower by the god Dionysus, and he chose to turn anything he touched to gold.
Who was King Midas?
Who was Euclid?
The father of Stoicism, establishing that virtue is the only true good and is sufficient for happiness (eudaimonia), and opening Stoas (hubs of stoicsim) all over Athens?
Who was Zeno of Citium?
Follower of Alexander the Great who carved his own powerful kingdom after his Death, becoming a Hellenistic pharaoh and making a powerful dynasty named after him that ruled Egypt for over 300 years.
Who was Ptolemy I Soter?
Famous city in the Peloponnese with massive, cyclopean walls and the first civilizational capital of a mainland Greek empire? It features the tombs of Agamemnon and Atreus?
What is Mycenae?
Made by Daedalus, this underground complex housed the half-man half-bull monster, the Minotaur, and forced tribute of 14 young people every 9 years, until a famous hero, Perseus, slayed the Minotaur and freed Ariadne.
What is the Labyrinth
A famous polymath who calculated the Earth’s circumference and tilt of axis, found Earth’s distance from the Sun and the Moon, and who coined the word “Geography“
Who was Eratosthenes?
Known as the “Laughing Philosopher”, this man is the first person to propose that tiny invisible, uncut table objects called “atoms” make up all matter on Earth, while also arguint that these atoms move constantly through an infinite, empty space known as the void (or kenon) and rejecting the idea of divine intervention.
Who was Democritus?
Visionary Greek general who transformed Thebes into the hegemon of Greece, creating a new, effective battle formation known as the Phalanx and conquering Sparta, freeing their slaves and founding the city of Messene?
Who was Epaminondas?
Famous Minoan city and palace on Crete that was heavily restored in the 19th century by Sir Arthur Evans, this was the first city of Europe.
What is Knossos?
Also known as “The War of the Titans”, this was a decade-long cosmic war in Greek mythology fought to decide which generation of gods would rule the universe: the older Titans led by Cronus, or the younger Olympians led by Zeus.
What is the Titanomachy?