One of five men elected each year in ancient Sparta who was responsible for the education of youth and the conduct of all citizens.
Who was an Ephor?
100
A shrine where a God or Goddess was said to reveal the future through a priest or priestess.
What was an Oracle?
100
"The rule of many"; government by the people, either directly elected or through their elected representatives.
What is Democracy?
100
A military formation that employed a "wall of shields" created by foot soldiers marching shoulder to shoulder in a rectangular formation.
What was the Phalanx?
200
The man who dominated Athenian politics from 461-429 B.C.
Who was Pericles?
200
An open area that served as a gathering place and as a market.
What was an Agora?
200
An organized system of thought, from the Greek word for "love of wisdom".
What is Philosophy?
200
"The rule of the few"; a form of government in which a select group of people exercise control.
What is an Oligarchy?
300
Defined categories of study such as logic, biology & physics.
Who was Aristotle?
300
A self ruling city that also controls its surrounding countryside.
What is a city-state?
300
In early Greece, the qualities of excellence that a hero strives to win in a struggle or contest.
What is an Arete?
300
A long poem that tells the deeds of a great hero, such as the Iliad and the Odyssey by the writer Homer.
What is an Epic Poem?
400
Sought an ideal state and wrote about his ideas in the book, "Plato's Republic".
Who was Plato?
400
An ancient Greek city-state, consisting of a city or town and its surrounding countryside.
What was a Polis?
400
A method of teaching employed by Socrates, employed a question and answer format to lead pupils to see things for themselves by using their own reason.
What is the Socratic method?
400
The process of temporarily banning ambitious politicians from the city by popular vote.
What is Ostracism?
500
The master and creator of the Socratic method.
Who was Socrates?
500
In ancient Greece; fortified gathering place at the top of a hill.
What was an Acropolis?
500
The school of thought developed by the teacher Zeno in Hellenistic Athens; it says that happiness can be achieved only when people gain inner peace by living in harmony with the will of the Gods by accepting whatever life offers.
What is Stoicism?
500
The Macedonian king whose conquests spread Greek civilization and culture from Egypt to India.