Alex, what have you done?
Greek capital of Egypt and center of learning and research
What is Alexandria?
Made Hellenistic Cities look Greek
What are architects?
Wrote beautiful nature poetry
Who is Theocritus?
Essential question Hellenistic Philosophers tried to answer
"What is the good life?"
The Earth revolves around the Sun
Who is Aristarchus?
Father of Medicine
Who is Hippocrates?
Number of scrolls in Library of Alexander (not 50,000)
What is 500,000?
Populated the Hellenistic buildings, parks, and venues
What are sculptures?
Center of Greek Theatre in the Hellenistic era
What is Athens?
Founded Epicureanism that states life's goal is happiness, so avoid pain
Who is Epicurus?
Chief librarian of the Alexander Library who calculated the circumference of the Earth and determined that the Earth was round
Who is Eratosthenes?
This city-state was a model for all Hellenistic cities.
What is Athens?
This was the first ever and it was located in Alexandria
What is a museum?
Replaced idealism as a style for art
What is realism?
New style of drama introduced in the Hellenistic Era
What is Greek New Comedy?
Founded Stoicism that states logic leads to happiness and emotions must be avoided
Who is Zeno?
Determined the Sun was larger than the Earth and the Earth was larger than the moon
Who is Eratosthenes?
How the Greeks tried to undermine Rome's dominance.
What is they allied with Rome's enemies?
The Mediterranean boosted this aspect of Alexandria's society
What is economics?
An epic, by Apollonius, about Jason and his odyssey in search of the Golden Fleece
What is Argonautica?
Most famous Greek New Comedy playwright
Who is Menander?
Stoics sought this was a primary duty of mankind
What is serve your community?
Wrote Elements and established Plane Geometry.
Who is Euclid?
Claimed that the laws of the universe and the laws of music were the same.
Who is Pythagoras?
Number of residents in Alexandria today
What is 4,000,000?
Who were behind the drive to make Hellenistic cities look Greek?
Who are the Hellenistic kings?
Over a thousand years after his death, Menander's comedy influenced this pivotal historic era
What is the Renaissance?
Epicureanism and Stoicism both have this same goal
What is Happiness?
Established Solid Geometry, calculated pi, designed machinery and weaponry, and died in the Roman massacre of Syracuse
Who is Archimedes?
Name Phillip's three methods for conquering Greece
Year the Library of Alexandria was rebuilt
What is 2002?
Modern version of Argonautica?
What is Jason and the Argonauts?
Location of the inscription, "Know thyself"
Where is the Oracle of Delphi?
What Menander thought was more important than knowing thyself
What is "Knowing your neighbor?"
Later philosopher scientist who focused on mathematics and astronomy.
Who is Hypatia?
Three reasons why Alexander the Great was respected
What are he stopped his campaign at the request of his men, he conquered Persia (largest empire), He reached India, He returned Greek city-state autonomy.