The Olympics
Myths
Philosophers
Greek Culture
100
The god the Olympics were held in honor of.
Who is Zeus?
100
The king of the gods.
Who is Zeus?
100
The man who invented the Pythagorean Theorem.
Who is Pythagoras?
100
Buildings where the ancient Greeks would go to worship their gods.
What is a temple?
200
The place where the Olympics were originally held.
What is Olympia?
200
The man who killed the Minotaur.
Who is Theseus?
200
Plato's most famous pupil.
Who is Aristotle?
200
A form of dramatic theater of classical Greece that is meant to make people laugh.
What is a comedy?
300
The ancient Olympics occurred every ___ years.
What is 4?
300
The man who came up with the Trojan Horse.
Who is Odysseus?
300
This Philosopher once said "Wisdom begins in wonder"
Who is Socrates?
300
A ancient Greek play that depicts the downfall of a basically good person through some fatal error or misjudgment.
What is a tragedy?
400
The Olympics in honor of Hera where only girls could compete.
What is the Heraean Games?
400
The man who killed his father and married his mother.
Who is Oedipus?
400
The man who said that men and women could be friends.
Who is Plato?
400
A type of Greek vase where the pictures were made by painting the aroud the shape of the picture.
What is a red-figure vase?
500
The 5 events that made up the Pentathlon.
What is discus-throwing, the long jump, javelin-throwing, running and wrestling?
500
The patron god of Sparta.
Who is Ares?
500
A philosopher with the philosophy that, “The ability to distinguish between right and wrong lies in people's reason not in society.”
Who is Socrates?
500
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The 3rd type of Ancient Greek play that reserves the structure and characters of tragedy while adopting a happy atmosphere and a rural background.
What is a satyr play?