The Athenian agora was a gathering place for these "lovers of wisdom."
Who were philosophers?
This are the tiny particles that Democritus observed to be the building blocks of all matter.
What are atoms?
Examples of this kind of artist are Myron and Phidias.
What is sculptor?
In theatres like this, Greeks performed these serious plays with unhappy and often surprising endings.
What are tragedies?
He is the father of history.
Who is Herodotus?
He was the leader of Athens during the Golden Age.
Who was Pericles?
This is the study of plants.
What is botany?
This structure, still standing on the Acropolis, is one of the most widely recognized buildings in the world.
What is the Parthenon?
Wearing masks like these, Greek actors performed these humorous plays.
What are comedies?
He is the father of modern medicine.
Who is Hippocrates?
These are the three most famous Greek philosophers.
Who are Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle?
He wrote about the sciences, logic, and many other subjects that later shaped the courses taught at the world's first universities.
Who was Aristotle?
The Parthenon was built as a symbol of the rebuilding of Athens after its destruction during a war with which opponent?
Who is Persia?
This is one of the famous writers of Greek tragedy.
Who is Aeschylus, Sophocles, or Euripides?
Thucydides wrote about this Greek civil war.
What is the Peloponnesian War?
He was the student of Aristotle.
Who was Alexander the Great?
This is a system used for figuring things out, still used today, and started by the ancient Greeks.
What is the scientific method?
The Greeks influenced modern architecture, including this U.S. monument.
What is the Jefferson Memorial?
Greek plays were performed in honor of this god of pleasure.
Who is Dionysus?
Graduating medical students take this oath, which originated with an ancient Greek.
What is the Hippocratic Oath?
This is the method by which Socrates was sentenced to die.
What is drinking poison/hemlock?
This was developed first by a Greek mathematician: a2 +b2 = c2 .
What is the Pythagorean Theorem?
Greek works of art come from the classical period. Influences from this period are also seen in the time period of history when these works were created:
What is the Renaissance?
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This controversial medical practice is described in the first sentence of the oath doctors take today: "I will never give a deadly drug to anybody who asked for it, nor will I make a suggestion to this effect."
What is euthanasia (assisted suicide)?