Stories & Legends
This is a traditional story involving gods or heroes used to explain natural events.
What is a myth?
A humorous form of drama that makes fun of society.
What is comedy?
The study of knowledge, reality, and existence.
What is philosophy?
Something handed down from the past, like traditions or inventions.
What is a legacy?
A scientist who studies stars and planets.
What is an astronomer?
A long poem that tells the adventures and deeds of heroic figures.
What is an epic?
This type of drama often ends in disaster for the main character.
What is tragedy?
A thinker who seeks knowledge and wisdom about life.
What is a philosopher?
This era followed Alexander the Great, spreading Greek culture widely.
What is the Hellenistic Era?
This branch of math deals with shapes like lines and circles on a flat surface.
What is plane geometry?
A priest or priestess believed to communicate with the gods and predict the future.
What is an oracle?
Greek dramas were often performed in large, open-air theaters that could hold thousands. These were usually dedicated to which Greek god of theater and wine?
Who is Dionysus?
An ancient Greek teacher skilled in rhetoric and reasoning.
What is a sophist?
A philosophy that teaches pursuing happiness and avoiding pain.
What is Epicureanism?
The study of three-dimensional shapes like cubes and spheres.
What is solid geometry?
A short story with talking animals that teaches a lesson.
What is a fable?
This tragic Greek hero unknowingly fulfilled a prophecy that said he would kill his father and marry his mother, leading to his downfall.
Who is Oedipus?
A way of learning by asking and answering questions.
What is the Socratic Method?
A philosophy that focuses on handling hardship calmly with virtue.
What is Stoicism?
What did Archimedes claim he could move the Earth with?
What is a lever?
This is a form of storytelling performed on stage with actors and dialogue.
What is drama?
What is Mr. Christie’s favorite movie?
What is Lord of the Rings?
This philosopher, active during the Hellenistic Era, believed that true happiness was found in inner peace and acceptance of fate.
Who is Zeno, the founder of Stoicism?
This city founded by the Greeks in Egypt, became a major center of learning and trade. It was famous for its massive library and beautiful lighthouse.
What is Alexandria?
How did the Hellenistic scientist Eratosthenes calculate the circumference of the Earth?
What are two sticks and mathematics?