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Philosophers
The Arts
Greek Mythology
The Trojan War
100
A piece of land surrounded by water on three sides.
What is a peninsula?
100
A thinker who thought that everything was made of tiny bits of stuff he called atoms.
Who is Democritus?
100
A play the Greeks performed that ends in disaster for the main character.
What is a Tragedy?
100
An ancient, sacred, site used to contact a god or goddess.
What is an Oracle?
100
A structure used by the Greeks to defeat the Trojans.
What is the Trojan Horse?
200
A long story telling poem.
What is an epic?
200
A thinker who came up with the phrase "Know thyself."
Who is Socrates?
200
A play the Greeks performed that was humorus, and ended happily.
What is a Comedy?
200
The leader of all Greek gods and goddesses.
Who is Zeus?
200
The two cities fighting in the Trojan War.
What are Greece and Troy?
300
A member of a rich and powerful family.
What is an aristocrat?
300
A thinker who distrusted democracy because of his teacher.
Who is Plato?
300
A large building used for performing plays, and seating the guests; a great accomplishment in ancient Greece.
What is the Parthenon?
300
The belief that the ancient Greek gods and goddesses were responsible for the earth's existence.
What is the way Greeks understood the world?
300
The temple honoring Athena with a huge statue of her inside.
What is the Temple of Athens?
400
Payments made to athens by its allies.
What is a tribute?
400
A thinker who founded a well-known school called "The Academy."
Who is Aristotle?
400
The way that Greeks changed character during plays.
What are masks?
400
The opposite of living forever.
What is the meaning of mortal?
400
Turkey (Hint: not the food, the country)
What is the location of Troy today?
500
a high, rocky hill where people built cities.
What is an acropolis?
500
A crazy philosopher who thought the world was made completely out of water one way or another.
Who is Thales?
500
A play the Ancient Greeks performed to make fun of a Great Legend.
What is a Satire?
500
A title for the family of Ancient Greek gods and goddesses worshipped by the Greeks.
What is "The 12 Olympians"?
500
This amount of epics written about the Trojan War.
What is 2?