Early Greek Plays
The Philosophers
Science and Medicine
The Olympics
Miscellaneous
100
The god whose festivals featured dance and drama
Who was Dionysus?
100
He was an Athenian philosopher who was interested in the thinking process and encouraged self-knowledge
Who was Socrates?
100
The scientist considered to be the "Father of Scientific Medicine"
Who is Hippocrates?
100
The ancient Olympic Games were held to honor the god _________.
Who is Zeus?
100
The purpose of religion in ancient Greece was to make sure the Greeks honored their _________ by trying to do things well
What are gods?
200
Sophocles and Euripides were famous as writers of _______________.
What are tragedies?
200
He was a pupil of Socrates and founder of the Academy
Who was Plato?
200
He was an early scientist who encouraged observation
Who is Thales?
200
The Olympic event that tested skill in running, discus-throwing, and three other sports was called the ______________
What is the pentathlon?
200
Aeschylus created the first real play by having ________ _____________ act out a story.
What are two characters?
300
He was the earliest writer to create a two-character play
Who was Aeschylus?
300
He was a writer of histories
Who is Herodotus?
300
He was a scholar and teacher known as "the master of them that know" who was the first to classify plants and animals
Who was Aristotle?
300
This was an oval track with grandstands, which housed the chariot race
What was the Hippodrome?
300
Early Greek comedies generally poked fun at ___________ ______________
What are political figures?
400
He was a writer of tragedies about suffering caused by people doing bad things
Who was Euripides?
400
What we know about Socrates' philosophy comes from his ___________ and discussions written down by Plato.
What are speeches?
400
This Greek thinker believed that illnesses came from natural causes, not evil spirits
Who was Hippocrates?
400
The Olympic event that combined boxing and wrestling
What is the pancratium?
400
The god of fertility, joyous life and hospitality, and of wild things
Who was Dionysus?
500
He was a writer of comedies
Who was Aristophanes?
500
Plato's The Republic is the first book written about ____________
What is political science?
500
This Greek thinker used logical methods and observation to study the natural world
Who was Aristotle?
500
This was a group of temples and arenas built in fields to house a festival in which Zeus was honored
What was Olympia?
500
A form of reasoning developed by Aristotle
What is a syllogism?
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