Important People
The king of Macedonia and father of Alexander the Great.
Who was Philip II?
The complicated knot "untied" by Alexander.
What was the Gordian knot?
"To the strongest."
Who is Alexander?
A shaft of a feather prepared for use as a writing instrument.
What is a quill?
The Trojan War.
What is 1200 B.C.?
The founder of the greatest empire of the pre-Roman world.
Who was Alexander the Great?
The series of speeches by Demosthenes against Philip.
What were the Philippics?
"Let us be equally energetic and unselfish and just, then we shall triumph."
Who is Demosthenes?
A tool with a long, curved blade.
What is a scythe?
The first Olympic Games.
What is 776 B.C.?
Who was Aristotle?
The city founded by and named after Alexander the Great.
What is Alexandria?
"Sell me to someone who wishes a master."
Who is Diogenes?
Someone indifferent to pain or pleasure.
What is a stoic?
The Peloponnesian War.
The general who ruled Egypt after Alexander's death.
Who was Ptolemy?
The school of philosophy that teaches simple living.
What is Stoics?
"Never a day without a line."
An aquatic plant used to make paper.
What is papyrus?
The death of Philip; Alexander becomes king of Macedonia.
What is 336 B.C.?
Who was Cleopatra?
The philosophy that assumes all men are motivated by selfishness.
What is Cynics?
"If I were to conquer the world, I should like to have the power which Diogenes has to conquer self."
Who is Alexander?
What is a signet ring?
What is 323 B.C.?