Greek Mythology
The Discoverers
OT Characters
Classical Education
Calculus
Hodge Podge
100
What provokes Achilles’ rage against Agamemnon?; Why is Achilles' ticked at Aggie?
Agamemnon’s demand that Achilles hand over Briseis
100
This Italian explorer traveled from Europe to China on a journey that lasted twenty-four years.
Marco Polo
100
The ark was made from what type of wood
Gopher Wood
100
List the three modes of persuasion
Logos, Ethos, Pathos
Logos (appeal to logic); Pathos (appeal to emotion); Ethos (appeal to character/ethical reputation)
100
This ancient dilemma — how anything can change if at every moment it must simply be what it is — is described as the problem that launched philosophy.
What is the problem of change?
100
This needs worked on over break and you should have what prepared when you return
Senior Thesis-
An outline and a bibliography
200
One son of Zeus, born a mortal, hera sent 2 snakes to kill him in his crib. He is known for his strength. Apollo orders him to perform 12 labors for a king
Heracles or Hercules
200
This man found that the southern tip of Africa was passable by sea by rounding the Cape of Good Hope.
Who is Bartholomeu Dias?
200
What is the longest book in the Old Testament?
Psalms
200
What are the 5 Common Topics
Comparison, Relationship, Circumstance, Authority/Testimony, Definition
200
This ancient Greek thinker argued that motion is impossible because a runner must first reach the halfway point, then half of what remains, and so on forever.
Who is Zeno
200
According to the sagas, the Vikings exploring Vinland encountered a strange one-legged creature who shot an arrow and escaped quickly. This mythical being is known by this name.
What is a Uniped?
300
Zeus's father and mother according to Theogony
Cronus and Rhea
300
This empire allowed more freedom and the land curtain was removed for approximately 100 years from 1250-1350
The Mongol empire
300
This wicked queen wanted to kill the prophet Elijah?
Jezebel
300
What are the Canons of Rhetoric
Invention, Arrangement, Elocution, Memory, Delivery
300
The formula v(t) = Δd / Δt describes how much distance changes over a change in time. This quantity is known as what?
What is the average rate of change?
(Or: average velocity)
300
This Titan swallowed all his children because he was afraid they would overthrow him — proving he would not win “Father of the Year” in any century.
Who is Kronos?
400
With which immortal does Achilles engage in one-on-one combat?
the river god Xanthus
400
What invention was "destined to be the mother of machines." ?
The clock
400
Who sold the birthright to his brother for a meal?
Who is Esau
400
This philosopher said, “The unexamined life is not worth living.”
Who is Socrates
400
These two brilliant rivals both invented calculus — one giving us limits and fluxions, the other giving us the integral sign and modern notation.
Who are Newton and Leibniz?
400
This explorer thought he was in Asia the entire time, proving once and for all that men do not like to ask for directions.
Who is Christopher Columbus
500
This Greek hero is given the epithet “polytropos,” a word suggesting cunning, versatility, and a mind full of twists.
Who is Odysseus?
500
According to Leithart in Heroes of the City of Man, Christians who read ancient literature are standing in what location, and looking at what location?
What are Jerusalem and Athens?
500
What is the commonly given name to the first five books of the Old Testament?
What is Pentateuch
500
This classical idea teaches that education should form the whole person — body, mind, and soul — aiming at virtue rather than mere information.
What is paideia?
500
Name this equation
V(t) = at
Also written as
V(t) = gt
It is the instantaneous velocity function when an object is dropped and falls to earth.
(when acceleration is constant and initial velocity is zero)
(This was derived from the displacement equation)
500
In the Odyssey, this shape-shifting “Old Man of the Sea” tells Menelaus how to escape the island of Pharos — but only after Menelaus wrestles him through a rapid-fire series of transformations.
Who is Proteus? (name was Nereus in Theogony)
600
Similar to the greek cultural ritual of pouring out wine for the gods, this is what gang members say when they pour out a drink for their dead comrades?
What is Pouring out one for the dead homies?
600
This cartographer is the reason America is named “America” — because he believed Vespucci discovered a new continent and printed his name on the map.
Who is Martin Waldseemüller?
600
This king of Judah began his reign at age eight and “did what was right in the eyes of the Lord,” repairing the Temple and rediscovering the Book of the Law.
Who is Josiah?
600
Latin for 3 Roads - It is the classical model of learning that develops a student’s ability to learn by progressing through three stages: Grammar, Dialectic, and Rhetoric.
What is the Trivium
600
By shrinking the time interval to zero, this formula shown solves the ancient problem of motion by defining this
What is the limit definition of the derivative?
It gives instantaneous rate of change
600
What is 67