Greek Poets and Heroes
Who is Achiles?
What did the greeks call a city state? (hint - the word for the people who help protect our cities and states is derived from this word)
what is a polis?
Where was Alexander the Great from?
What is Macedonia
Greek Priests and priestesses who spoke for the gods in a sacred shrine were called what?
What are oracles
Who was the greek philosopher who started the classification of animals?
Who is Aristotle?
What famous Greek king from Ithaca went on a great adventure encountering many creatures and gods as he journeyed home in one of Homer's epic poems?
Who was Odysseus?
The high place in the city which served as a meeting place, temple, and other functions was known a an?
What is an acropolis?
What is a ruler who seizes power by force and uses soldiers and armies to enforce his rule agains the will of the people called?
what is a tyrant?
What is the form of drama that portrays conflict between the protagonist and a superior force and the protagonist is brought to ruin or extremes sorrow?
what is a tragedy?
what famous greek mathematician created a religious order in which the members focused on philosophy and math in order to find personal salvation?
Who is Pythagoras?
What was the Trojan War fought over?
Who is The Spartan Queen Helen?
Below the acropolis there was an open area that was used for assemblies and marketplaces. What was it called?
what is an agora?
The age when Athens was able to expand it's domain and flourish was known as?
What is the age of Pericles?
what is the name of an organized system of thought that gets its name for Greek word for the love of wisdom?
what is philosophy?
what famous Greek physician wrote a corpus of over 60 medical books and doctors still swear an oath based on his work?
Who is Hippocrates?
Works like Homer's Iliad and Odyssey are long poems that tell the stories of heroes and they are known as what?
what are epic poems?
Greek Soldiers such as those of Alexander the Great used a tight formation with a wall of shields. what was this formation called?
What is a phalanx
What Gender had all of the authority in ancient Greece Greece?
What is Men?
what is the method greek philosophers used to teach their students by asking a series of thoughtful questions called?
what is the socratic method?
What oath do modern-day Doctors take that is based on the oath developed by the famous Greek doctor Hippocrates?
What is the Hippocratic Oath?
Since the trojan city seemed nearly impossible to defeat, what plan did Odysseus devise to conquer the city?
What is the trojan horse?
The Greeks came up with the idea of government by the people with representatives. What is this called?
what is democracy?
What is it called when people directly participate in their government?
what is direct democracy?
Who was a student of Socrates who wrote about him and also wrote a treatise called the republic?
Wha is Plato?
Who was an Athenian leader and warrior who helped Athens grow into a powerful city state and helped fund the building of the Parthenon?
Who is Pericles?