The name of the city where Apollo placed his Oracle.
What is Delphi?
100
The name of the god who controlled the heavens, saved his brothers and sisters from his father, and received a gift from the Cyclopes after the clash of the titans.
Who is Zeus?
100
He was a commander in the army at 16 and a king at 20
Who was Alexander "the Great"?
100
Who said that democracy was not a good system of government because a rule by "the people" would not produce fair or sensible policies.
Who is Plato?
100
This is a traditional story about gods and heroes.
What is a myth?
200
This place served as both a market and a place where people could meet and debate issues.
What is the agora?
200
The name of the sun god who rides on a chariot.
Who is Apollo?
200
This person was the most famous scientist of the Hellenistic Era.
Who was Archimedes?
200
Who said that the universe followed the same rules as music and numbers?
Who was Pythagoras?
200
In a drama, a person struggles to overcome difficulties but fails.
What is a tragedy?
300
This is the name of the gulf that separates the Peloponnesus and mainland Greece.
What is the Gulf of Corinth?
300
Famous for being born from Zeus's head and the goddess of wisdom.
Who is Athena?
300
This woman continued the Greek tradition of studying philosophy and mathematics and provided commentaries on important information for later generations.
Who was Hypatia?
300
Who told King Ptolemy I that "there is no royal way" to learn geometry?
Who was Euclid?
300
A sacred shrine where a priest or priestess spoke for a god or goddess.
What is an/the oracle?
400
The location where the spirits of the dead traveled over the river Styx.
What is the Underworld?
400
The father of all Olympian gods and goddesses who took and swallowed his children whole.
Who is Kronos?
400
This group of people believed that happiness came from reason and doing one's duty.
Who are the Sophists?
400
He said that happiness, the goal of life, came from spending time with friends.
Who was Epicurus?
400
This is a short tell that teaches a lesson, typically these stories expose human flaws as well as strengths and end with a message, or moral.
What is a fable?
500
This was the location where Alexander the Great started his rule.
What is Macedonia?
500
The daughter of Zeus who was created from the foam of the sea.
Who was Aphrodite?
500
This person was sentenced to death for his teachings.
Who is Socrates?
500
Who said "Give me a lever and a place to stand, and I will move the earth?"
Who is Archimedes?
500
This was a philosophy that taught that happiness was the goal of life and the way to happiness was to seek out pleasure.