General Facts 1
True or False: Greeks believed the gods were evil.
False
Zeus
writer of comedic plays
Athenian philosopher who was interested in the thinking process and encouraged self-knowledge
Socrates
True
The Olympic event that tested skill in running, discus-throwing, and three other sports was called
Pentathlon
Aeschylus created the first real play by adding what?
Having two characters act out a story
God whose festivals featured dance and drama
DionySUS
Earliest writer to create a two-character play
Aeschylus
True or False: Handshakes originated in Ancient Greece
True
Greek comedies poked fun at whom?
Political figures
Sophocles and Euripides were famous what?
writers of tragedies
Scholar and teacher known as “the master of them that know” who was first to classify plants and animals
Aristotle
Scientist considered the “Father of Scientific Medicine”
Hippocrates
True or False: People were banished for having unibrows in Ancient Greece
False; they were known as a great sign of beauty
How do we know what we know about Socrates?
Writings of Plato
The Republic was the first book about what?
Political Science
Pupil of Socrates and founder of the Academy
Plato
Writer of tragedies about suffering caused by people doing bad things
Euripides
True or False: Having a red carpet before important events was originated by the Greeks
True
Which Greek thinker used logical methods and observation to study the natural world?
Aristotle
After receiving a message from an oracle, what would a person have to do?
Decipher its meaning and apply it to their life
Early scientists who encouraged observation
Thales
Writer of histories
Herodotus
True or False: Ancient Greeks had toilet paper.
False; they had rocks