He was a student of Socrates and responsible for putting much of Socrates ideas into writing
Who is Plato?
100
These games were held to honour the gods
Who are the Olympics?
100
Literal meaning of philosophy
What is "love of wisdom"?
100
Alexander came from this region of Northern Greece
What is Macedon?
100
Large Greek island home to Minoan civilzation
What is Crete?
200
The Socratic paradox
What is "All I know, is that I know nothing"
200
This Greek mathematician developed several important theories still used in geometry today.
Who is Pythagoras?
200
Slaves of Sparta
Who are the Helots?
200
Alexander's father
Who is Philip?
200
Sea that separates the Greek mainland from Asia Minor
What is the Agean Sea?
300
He was sentenced to death for corrupting the youth of Athens
Who is Socrates?
300
This Greek historian wrote many volumes of history. Among the best known are his accounts of the Persian Wars
Who is Herodotus?
300
Learning through asking questions
What is Socratic Method?
300
Alexander took Egypt away from Persian control and established a lighthouse (one of the wonders of the ancient world) at this port city which he renamed
What is Alexandria?
300
It was here in Asia Minor that a Greek colony was captured and enslaved by Persia. The Greeks revolted and this led to the first Persian invasion of Greece
What is Ionia?
400
The private tutor of Alexander
Who is Aristotle?
400
The Greek playwright Sophocles wrote the famous tragedy about a boy who kills his father to marry his mother
What is Oedipus Rex?
400
The Greek notion of excellence and fulfillment of potential
What is Arete?
400
Like the other Greek forces, Alexander's soldiers fought in phalanx formation, but were a more formidable force because of this factor
What is they carried heavy lances instead of spears?
400
This Greek city state was home to one of the most well known oracles of Ancient Greece
What is Delphi?
500
Plato's Allegory of the Cave was presented in this book
What is The Republic?
500
He was the Athenian Statesman responsible for the construction of the Parthenon
Who is Pericles?
500
The blending of Western (Greek) and Eastern Cultures
What is Hellenism?
500
Alexander's conquests took him as far as this river in India
What is the Indus River?
500
This was the largest of Greece's colonies, located on the island of Sicily