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A student of Socrates, he founded The Academy and wrote about government in The Republic.
Who is Plato?
Ionian Greeks rebelled against Persian taxes. They also asked for help from this Greek city-state...which triggered the Persian Wars.
Who is Athens?
His greatest works include The Iliad and The Odyssey. Only a blind person would not know these great works.
Who was Homer?
This city-state focused on arts, sciences, and education. Expression and thought were encouraged here.
What is Athens?
Athens, Sparta, Thebes, or Corinth. We know them by their given names, but this term is given to a Greek city-state.
What is polis?
One of the greatest philosophers from western civilization, he taught by asking questions. Sadly, the leaders of Athens were threatened by his teaching and sentenced him to death (by poison).
Who was Socrates?
Athens defeated the Persian army at this battle...quick, RUN and tell everyone about it...try not to die!
What is Marathon?
Theater was a popular form of entertainment for the Greeks. This type of Greek play involved the character suffering defeat because of a fatal character flaw that was exposed.
What is a tragedy?
This city-state focused on the military training and strength of its people.
What is Sparta?
Who was Achilles?
This philosopher studied with Plato for a time before going on to teach Alexander the Great.
Who was Aristotle?
"We are Sparta!" The mighty Spartans (all 300 of them) faced off against the Persians at this battle. Sadly, none of the Spartans made it out alive.
What is Thermopylae?
The Greeks have contributed much to the history of the world including the naming of activities people enjoy today. For example, Pheidippides ran 26 miles to let the people of Athens know of the Greek victory at this battle, then died. In his honor the 26.2 mile race people run is named this.
What is a marathon?
The type of government that existed in Sparta could be described as this kind - maybe its their "crowning" achievement.
What is monarchy?
The Greeks invented myths to explain those things they did not have answers to. Most of these myths included stories about different gods and goddesses. For example, it was thought that Apollo, the god of the sun, drove it across the sky in his chariot. Riiigghhhttt. These gods lived on Olympus and are known collectively by this name.
What is the Olympians?
Mathematician who believed the meaning of the universe could be found in numbers. He also created a popular theorem for geometry.
Who is Pythagoras?
To protect Greece against future invasions by the Persians, they formed this organization. You, too can be a member...for a generous fee.
What is the Delian League?
Who doesn't love a good catapult or heat ray? These were the ideas of this scientist/mathematician.
Who was Archimedes?
In Athens, all citizens participate in the decisions of government. That is because they have this type of government.
What is direct democracy?
Even though most of us don't speak Greek today, parts of their language have integrated into our language. We also have adapted part of their alphabet and made it our own. We call our beginning and ending letters "A" and "Z" but the Greeks beginning and ending letters are called this:
What is Alpha and Omega?
Hellenistic scientist who challenged Ptolemy's idea that the earth was the center of the universe. Instead, he believed the sun was at the center of the universe.
Who is Aristarchus?
Sparta called Athens out for their misuse of the Delian League...even went to war with them. Of course, Sparta easily took home the victory. Only took 27 years for Sparta to win this war.
What is the Peloponnesian War?
Alexander the Great created the largest empire the world had seen. He admired the Greek culture so much that instead of getting rid of it, he mixed it with the other cultures of places he ruled. As a result this new culture emerged - it blended Greek, Egyptian, Persian, and Indian cultures together.
What is Hellenism?
This great leader of Athens died in the plague that seized the city during the Peloponnesian War.
Who was Pericles?
Today a "Trojan horse" is a term connected to something that is deceiving. In the Trojan War, the Trojan horse was his idea as a way to defeat Troy. Homer thought he was so cool, he deserved his own story, The Odyssey.
Who was Odysseus?