History/Literature
We developed ours from the ancient Greek one beginning with the first 2: alpha and beta
What is the Alphabet?
Every citizen who is present may vote directly on a law.
What is a direct democracy?
Watching sports was not only fun- it also taught Greek medical students this....
What is 'how the human body moves'?
It means 'to measure land' in Greek.
What is GEOMETRY?
To honor the gods, especially this one, meant prisoners were released just so they could watch a play.
Who is Zeus?
These long poems tell stories about heroic deeds.
What are epics?
Our English version comes from the Greek words for 'people' and 'power'.
What is Democracy?
This was a 'no, no' because it offended the gods.
What is cutting the body open?
The first woman in Greece to be recognized for her work in mathematics even though she wasn't born a Greek.
Who was Hypatia?
The 3 types of plays the Greeks invented.
What are tragedies, Comedies, and Satires?
The Greeks gave us the way to write, including the rules for this.....
What is grammar?
This famous statesman, speaker, and general is considered 'the first citizen of Athens'.
Who is Pericles?
This doctor presented the scientific way of thinking that disease has natural causes.
Who is Hippocrates?
I started a school to develop math theories- like using numbers to understand nature!
Who was Pythagoras?
Lifts for flying, rotating scenery, and changing into different masks were invented by Greeks for dramatic effect.
What are special effects?
Many of our own works of literature were modeled after this famous early Greek writer who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey (and no, he isn't from The Simpsons)
Homer
In this system, there were no lawyers or judges, and the audience voted on a person's innocence or guilt.
What is the Greek Court System?
The Hippocratic Oath was founded on these 3 ideas of early Greek medicine.
What is 'observe, preserve life, and keep patient information private'?
I love plane geometry(lines, points, angles and surfaces) so much I wrote a book about it!
Who is Euclid?
Viewing places built as semi-circles to allow everyone to see and hear the play.
What are theaters?
This famous historian, the founder of historical writing, wrote about the Peloponnesian war, making sure to present the facts, and only the facts.
Who is Thucydides?
The Democratic Assembly was held every 10 days and did these 3 main things.
What is pass laws, elect officials, and make decisions about war and foreign affairs?
Greek medical professionals later discovered this about the heart and brain.
What is 'the heart pumps blood throughout the body and the brain is the center of the nervous system'?
You can't eat pi without thinking about me.
Who was Archimedes?
I like making fun of everyday man so I wrote LOTS of satires!
Who was Aristophanes?