The Basics
The number of phases the ancient Greeks divided the human life cycle into.
What is 4?
The first two phases of the Greek life focused on this.
What is education?
This is the age range that young Greek boys started school.
What is age 6 or 7?
This is where young girls were taught.
What is home?
This was the focus of a boy's education once they reached age 15 or 16.
What is preparation for war?
The Greek work for school, schole, means this.
What is leisure?
The second two phases of the Greek life focused on these 2 things.
What are serving the state and pursuing the ideal life?
This is what young boys wrote on because paper was rare.
Bonus, what did they use to write with.
What is a wax tablet?
Bonus, what is a wooden stylus?
Young girls learned this from their mothers.
What is how to take care of a home and family.
or "domestic science"?
The name of a professional teacher.
What is a sophist?
These are the phases of the human life cycle according to the ancient Greeks.
Bonus points for any Greek names used.
What are child (pais), and youth (ephebos), man (aner), and elder (geron)?
Education was left to private citizens because there were none of these in most Greek city states.
What are public schools or universities?
This was the job of a pedagogue. (3 things)
What is take the young boys to school and watch over them during the day and make sure homework was completed?
Girls were taught these skills at home.
List as many as you can.
What are to read, write, reckon (math), spin, weave, embroider, sing, dance and play an instrument.
Athenian Soldier Youth.
What is epheboi?
These are the 4 values Greeks tried to live by.
Points awarded for each correct answer.
What are fame, wealth, ability and virtue?
What are girls, slaves and foreigners?
All boys were not only taught reading, writing and math, but they also learned to play these.
Bonus points for using the Greek words.
What is a double flute and small harp?
Bonus, what is a aulos and lyre?
Sparta was different because it allowed young girls to do this.
What is participate in athletics or exercise their bodies?
The prize for finishing your education at age 21.
What is full citizenship and freedom from parents authority?
This is the name for someone who strives to be the ideal person who combines beauty and justice.
Closest spelling gets bonus points.
What is a kalakagathos?
At age 12 boys went here to study wrestling and sports.
What is the palaestra?
This was a special class of young women that were allowed to participate in debate and be outside the home more.
What is hetaerae?
Many of the talents a young man could do by the age of 21.
Points given for each correct talent.
What are: jump, sing, recite poetry, wrestle, shoot a bow and arrow, drive a chariot, think logically, challenge false arguments, defend his city-state, take pride in his polis?