What was one of the main purposes of attending school in Athens?
a. learn high-level of mathematics
b. become an honorable soldier
c. trained in the arts
c. trained in the arts
Who wrote an oath that is still said today?
a. Socrates
b. Aristotle
c. Hippocrates
c. Hippocrates
Pericles was the first leader to fight for democracy, Hippocrates was the first doctor to do what?
a. cure cancer
b. save someone's life
c. study the natural causes of disease
c. study the natural causes of disease
If Socrates was born in Sparta, do you think he would have made the same contributions as he would as an Athenian?
Yes or No, why?
No, he would have little opportunity to study academic subjects in Sparta
Who would you go to if you needed help with your math homework?
a. Hippocrates
b. Plato
c. Pythagoras
c. Pythagoras
What is the Corpus?
a. teachings of Socrates
b. various theorems of Pythagoras
c. collection of the writings of Hippocrates
c. collection of the writings of Hippocrates
Why do you think so many Greek thinkers were from Athens?
a. they valued beauty and knowledge
b. they valued courage and physical strength
c. had the most advanced monetary system
a. they valued beauty and knowledge
Most of what we know about Socrates comes from?
a. Homer
b. Plato
c. Aristotle
b. Plato
What was a distinguishing characteristic of Socrates?
a. his published works
b. his encouragement to use logic and search for truth
c. his alliance with Athena, goddess of wisdom
b. his encouragement to use logic and search for truth
If you were interested in studying rhetoric whom would you choose as your teacher?
a. Plate
b. Socrates
c. Aristotle
c. Aristotle