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Olympic Games
Philosophy
Conquests & Hellenism
Lucky or Unlucky?
100
Who did Plato talk to about the nature of goodness?
Protagoras
100
What year did the ancient AND modern Olympic games begin?
776 BCE and 1896 CE
100
What school did Plato establish? What school did Aristotle establish?
The Academy of Athens; the Lyceum of Athens
100
Who attempted to persuade the Athenians to fight Philip and the Macedonians because he believed that the Macedonians were barbarians and, thus, not Greek?
Demosthenes
100
What was a "mechane?"
Crane-like instrument that allowed Greek actors to fly from one part of the stage to another
200
Which Olympic athlete held their arms above their head for a long time in order to train for the Olympics?
Melankomas
200
What was one way that a wrestler could cheat at the Olympic games?
Using oil to make their body slippery
200
Who told Socrates that he was the wisest person in Greece?
Oracle of Delphi
200
Which city in Turkey became representative of Hellenism with its city construction, engineering, and lifestyle?
Pergamon
200
What were the 3 subjects that most Greek children learned in school?
Reading/Writing, Physical Training, and Music/Poetry
300
Who developed the Pythagorean theorem, what is the theorem, and what does it seek to answer?
1. Pythagoras
2. a2+b2=c2
3. If you have a right triangle and sides a and b, it shows you how to find side c300
Where did the Olympic games take place? What was not supposed to happen (but sometimes did) during the events?
City of Olympia; war/fighting was supposed to cease among the city-states but sometimes did not
300
Describe Plato's allegory of the cave:
Answers will vary (Mr. McCauley will decide if description is accurate)
300
DAILY DOUBLE - You may wager however many points you have (or simply keep this question a 300 pt. question):
What was the name of Alexander the Great's horse that he tamed?
Bucephalus
300
What is this statue? Who sculpted it?
Doryphoros by Polykleitos
400
Which Persian ruler did Alexander defeat as he conquered Persia?
Darius III
400
What were the two rules that Olympic participants of the pankration had to follow?
No biting, no gouging out of eyes (with thumbs)
400
What are the 3 parts of Plato's ideal city and what parts of the tripartite soul do they correspond to?
Lower class (merchants, business people), Warrior class (army, police) and Ruling class (philosopher kings) --> Appetites, Spirited and Mind (nous)
400
What 3 new pieces of technology did Philip II introduce that allowed Macedon to easily conquer the Greeks and, eventually, the Persians:
1. Sarissa (spear)
2. Gastraphetes (cross bow)
3. Oxybeles (catapult)
400
List, in order of complexity starting with the least complex, the 3 different types of Greek columns:
Doric, Ionic and Corinthian
500
Who is the most famous ancient Greek comedic playwright? List 2 of his plays:
Who is the most famous ancient Greek tragic playwright? List 2 of his plays:
Aristophanes (Lysistrata, The Birds, The Wasps)
Sophocles (Oedipus Rex, Antigone)
500
What are the 5 events in the pentathlon?
Stadion, long jump, discuss throw, javelin throw, and wrestling
500
For what was Socrates arrested? List 3 reasons why Socrates chose not to escape:
Socrates was arrested on charges of corrupting the youth, not believing in the Greek gods, and teaching new gods.
1. He didn't fear death because he knew nothing about it
2. He wasn't going to change and would get in trouble somewhere else
3. He had a social contract with the city of Athens to follow their laws
4. He didn't want to endanger his friends for helping him escape
500
What problem did Alexander have when fighting the Persians? How did Alexander conquer the city of Tyre and what did he do after conquering the city?
He had to neutralize the Persian fleet and did so by attacking cities with harbors. He got to Tyre by building a causeway and then attacking the city by constructing siege towers. After taking the city, he burned it and took many people as slaves.
500
Who was the first person to calculate the circumference of the earth, getting as close as under 1%? (Hint: he was also one of the librarians of the great library of Alexandria)
Eratosthenes