Greek Religion
The mountain where the 12 most important Greek gods were believed to live.
What is Mount Olympus?
Epic poems written by Homer that told stories of brave heroes.
What are the Iliad and the Odyssey?
The philosopher who taught by asking questions (Socratic Method) and was sentenced to death.
Who was Socrates?
A powerful city-state that eventually took control of Greece and its economy.
What is Rome?
Heroic virtues are
What are qualities such as courage, honor, and loyalty admired in Greek heroes?
The chief god of Greek mythology.
Who is Zeus?
Stories using animals to teach moral lessons, credited to Aesop.
What are Aesop’s fables?
Socrates’ student who believed governments should be ruled by philosopher-kings.
Who was Plato?
Newly built or remodeled cities based on Greek cultural centers like Athens.
What were Hellenistic cities?
A group of teachers who rejected the idea of absolute right and wrong.
Who were the Sophists?
Sacred places where Greeks went to learn about the future from a priest or priestess.
What are shrines with oracles?
The heroes in Homer’s stories demonstrated characteristics like
What is courage, honor, and loyalty which made them role models for Greek boys?
The philosopher who compared governments and wrote Politics.
Who was Aristotle?
Hippocrates is known for....
Hippocratic Oath (list of rules for doctors to follow) , and is known as “the father of medicine.”
A philosophy that emphasized happiness and pleasure as the goal of life.
What is Epicureanism?
People believed to deliver prophecies from the gods.
Who were oracles?
Eratosthenes concluded that
What is, the Earth was round and measured its circumference
The Macedonian king who conquered the Persians in the Battle of
What is Granicus?
He extended Greek rule and spread Greek language and culture throughout southwest Asia and Egypt.
Who is Alexander the Great?
The kingdom north of Greece that became powerful under Philip II and later Alexander the Great.
What is Macedonia
What gods were the patrons of the Athens and Sparta?
Who was Athena and Ares?
The scientist who calculated pi and invented machines and weapons.
Who is Archimedes?
The era that began after Alexander the Great spread Greek culture across his empire.
Hellenistic Era
A body of knowledge developed in ancient Greece that used reason and questioning to understand life, truth, and the world.
What is philosophy?
Alexander's empire extended to