How did the Greeks try and seek favor from their gods?
What is They offered gifts and prayers
100
What feature of WEMS is taken directly from Greek architecture?
What is Columns
100
Who wrote the Tortoise and the Hare?
What is Aesop
100
What is drama?
What is A story told by actors who pretend to be characters in the story.
100
Philosophy is Greek for......
What is Love of wisdom.
200
How are the Greek gods depicted differently than the one god of monotheistic religions?
What is They have human flaws and weaknesses
200
How did Greeks decorate their important buildings?
What is With sculptures
200
Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey?
What is Homer
200
What is the main characteristic of a tragedy?
What is Main character tries to overcome difficulties but fails.
200
Who were the Sophists and what did they teach?
What is Professional teachers who traveled from city to city teaching the art of argument. They taught that there was no absolute right or wrong.
300
How does the Greek view of the afterlife differ from that of the Egyptians?
What is They viewed the afterlife as a gloomy place.
300
What kind of stone was used to make Ancient Greece's most important buildings?
What is Marble
300
What is one important feature of an epic.
What is Long poem/Written down/Heroic deeds
300
What is the main characteristic of a comedy?
What is The story ends happily.
300
What is the Socratic method?
What is A method of teaching developed by Socrates. The Socratic method involves asking pointed questions and allowing students to use reason to figure out the answers for themselves.
400
Who is the Greek messenger god?
What is Hermes
400
Name the three types of Greek column.
What is Doric, Ionian, Corinthian
400
What is one important feature of a fable?
What is short story/told orally/moral/personification
400
What is Sophocles known for?
What is He used three actors instead of two and he painted backdrops for his scenes.
400
In Plato's ideal society what did the top group consist of?
What is Philosopher kings who ruled using logic and wisdom.
500
Why would Greeks travel to Delphi?
What is To ask advice from the Oracle of Apollo.
500
What was the purpose of the Parthenon?
What is To serve as Athens treasury and to worship the goddess Athena.
500
Who slept with a copy of the Iliad under his pillow?
What is Alexander the Great
500
What is Euripides known for?
What is Wrote dramas that used real characters and real life situations.
500
Daily Double:
What scientific first is Socrates known for?
What is He was the first person to make observations based on similarities and differences and to group these observations into generalizations.