Greek Civ
What did Greek mythology express?
Greek people’s religious beliefs
What was the period of time when Greek language and Greek ideas spread to non-Greek people of the southwest called?
the Hellenistic Era
Before Herodotus, how did Greeks explain the past?
legends and myths
Which word means, "what a person leaves behind when he or she dies"?
legacy
Who is the man who studied government and divided people into 3 basic groups?
Plato
What did Greeks hope they would get in return for praying to the gods?
They hoped the gods would grant good fortune to them.
What did Greeks do to find out their future?
many Greeks visited an oracle
How were Plato and Aristotle similar?
They studied and wrote about government.
What is the word for, "traditional stories about gods and heroes"?
myths
What is the name of the person who is considered to be the most famous scientist of the Hellenistic Era who also figured out the value of pi?
Archimedes
Which three areas did Alexander the Great plan on uniting in his new empire?
Macedonia, Greece, Persia
Which 3 groups did Plato divide citizens into?
philosopher kings
warriors
the masses
What are three examples of places architects built on the streets during the Hellenistic Era?
baths, theaters, temples
What is the word for, "a short tale that teaches a lesson"?
fable
Who is the man that rose to the throne of Macedonia and dreamed of invading the Persian Empire?
Phillip II
What were the Iliad and the Odyssey and who wrote them?
the first great epics of early Greece; Homer
Which 4 subjects were created from Greek philosophy?
history, science, math, political science
How was Thucydides' work different from Herodotus?
Unlike Herodotus, Thucydides saw war and politics as the activities of humans, not gods.
What is the word for, "a story told by actors who pretend to be characters in a story"?
drama
Who is the astronomer that claimed the sun was the center of the universe and the Earth circled around it?
Aristarchus
How did Alexander’s empire fall apart?
After he died, his generals fought for power.
Who were Sophists and what did they believe?
teachers who made a living by traveling from city to city teaching others
they rejected the idea of absolute right and wrong
What is an oracle AND what is the name of the most famous one in Greece?
a sacred shrine where a priest or priestess spoke for a god or goddess
the Temple of Apollo (at Delphi)
What is the word for, "long poems told about heroic deeds"?
epics
Who is the astronomer who concluded that the Earth was round?
Eratosthenes