This Greek thinker famously said, "The unexamined life is not worth living."
Who is Socrates?
100
These athletic contests occurring every four years originated from games held at Olympia.
What are the Olympic Games?
100
This is the god of sky--and the king of the gods.
Who is Zeus?
100
This famous myth tells the story of a young girl so curious about a box that she couldn't resist opening it. In doing so, she let out destruction, plague, famine, and war into the world.
What is Pandora's Box?
200
This famous city-state is now the capital of Greece.
What is Athens?
200
This soldier spread Greek culture throughout much of the Mediterranean. His fame spread far and wide after his death at the early age of 33.
Who is Alexander the Great?
200
These two famous Greek poems (in book form) are the foundations of Western literature?
What are the Iliad and the Odyssey?
200
These two--the god the sea and the ruler of the dead--are both brothers of Zeus.
Who are Poseidon and Hades?
200
This ugly monster had hair made of snakes, and if you looked at her, you would turn to stone.
Who is Medusa?
300
This famous mountain is the home of the Greek gods.
What is Mt. Olympus?
300
This person is often called "the Father of Medicine."
Who is Hippocrates?
300
This form of ancient Greek government has inspired similar governments throughout the world.
What is democracy?
300
This famous son of Zeus is also the messenger of the gods.
Who is Hermes?
400
This famous military city-state was constantly at war with Athens.
What is Sparta?
400
This famous mathematician and inventor supposedly did not notice his city was being taken by the Romans because he was so absorbed in a geometry problem.
Who is Archimedes?
400
The Parthenon in Athens is dedicated to this goddess of wisdom.
Who is Athena?
500
These are two of three seas that border Greece.
What are the Mediterranean, Aegean, and Ionian Seas?
500
This son of Hera is the god of fire and metalwork.