Important People 1
This person created the Socratic Method, and was later arrested for "corrupting the youth" He believed in absolute truth.
Who is Socrates?
He was one of Socrates' students and created the school called the Academy. Also wrote, The Republic, a book about his ideal society.
Who is Plato?
He was one of Plato's students, (S.P.A.) who created a school called the Lyceum. He came up with "the golden mean" - people should live moderately.
Who is Aristotle?
A short tale that teaches a lesson.
What is a fable?
The art of public speaking and debate.
Who is Aristophanes?
His book, Antigone, questioned whether it is better to obey orders, or do what is right.
He wrote Oresteia, a story of revenge and murder.
Who is Aeschylus?
Stories passed down by word of mouth.
What is oral tradition?
Rules how doctors should treat their patients. Created by Hippocrates.
What is the Hippocratic Oath?
He wrote about ordinary humans.
Who is Euripides?
He wrote 2 epics, the Illiad and the Odyssey. In the Odyssey, there is a character who must journey home, after the Trojan war.
Who is Homer and Odysseus?
He wrote the history of the Trojan wars, including that the gods involved with it. Was nicknamed "The Father of History"
Created Solid Geometry.
Who is Archimedes?
Finding happiness is the goal of life. Created by Epicurus.
What is Epicureanism?
He was a general during the Peloponnesian war. He rejected the idea that the gods affected history.
Who is Thucydides?
1. Founded Epicureanism.
2. Studied astronomy and math by observing and thinking.
1. Who is Epicurus?
2. Who is Thales?
1. Founded stoicism.
2. Created the Pythagorean theorem.
1. Who is Zeno?
2. Who is Pythagoras?
Someone who tells future.
What is an oracle?
People guided by emotion lead unhappy lives. Created by Zeno.
What is stoicism?
Said that the sun is at the center of the universe, and that the Earth circles it.
Who is Aristarchus?
Was chief librarian at Alexandria and measured the circumference of the Earth after finding out it was round.
Who is Eratosthenes?
1. Created Plane Geometry.
2. "Father of Medicine" Said that diseases were from natural causes.
1. Who is Euclid?
2. Who is Hippocrates?
Who are the Sophists?
1. How points, angles, and surfaces reflect. Created by Euclid.
2. Included spheres and cylinders, and showed the value of pi. Created by Archimedes.
1. What is Plane Geometry?
2. What is Solid Geometry?