Philosophers
Who taught Plato?
Sophocles
What was Pythagoras biggest achievement?
He came up with the Pythagorean theorem
What kind of Writer was Homer?
Mainly poetry.
Which of these was not a historian? : Herodotus, Thucydides, Hippocrates
Hippocrates
Who sculpted the most famous statue of the Goddess Athena which is in the Parthenon.
Phidias
Who wrote the republic?
Plato
Who estimated pi?
Archimedes
Which ancient greek philosopher wrote The Republic?
Plato
Who wrote a book about the Peloponnesian war?
Thucydides
Who created a harsh legal code that treated all Athenians badly.
Draco
Who tutored Alexander the great?
Aristotle
Who wrote the elements of geometry?
Euclid
What was Sophocles best known for?
He wrote Oedipus Rex
Who is "The Father of History"
Herodotus
Who was a tyrant leader of Athens who ended debt slavery?
Solon
Who's work became the basis of the scientific method?
Aristotle
What did Archimedes invent to draw out liquids from great depths?
Archimedes water screw
What are the two epics of Homer?
Iliad and the Odyssey.
Who said this? : "Men trust their ears less than their eyes"
Herodotus
Who is "The Father Of Medicine"?
Hippocrates
What was The Republic about?
It is a book written by Plato, about a perfect government and society.
What did Pythagoras try to do?
He tried to explain everything in mathematical terms.
What kind of playwright was Sophocles?
He mainly wrote tragedies.
What famous historian caught a deadly plague, but somehow survived?
Thucydides
Who said this : "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a Habit."
Aristotle