Inventors and Scientists
Who is Hippocrates?
The father of medicine
Who was the Roman general who became popular after the conquest of Gaul?
What was Herodotus the father of?
He was the father of history
Who is the god of the sky and ruler of the other gods?
Zeus
Who wrote the Iliad?
Homer
Which scientist said earth was the center of the universe?
Ptolemy
Who was part of the first triumvirate?
Julius Caesar, Marcus Crassus, and Gnaeus Pompey
Who is credited with creating the scientific method?
Aristole
What was Apollo the god of?
God of the sun, music, and medicine
Who is the father of tragedy and wrote Oresteia?
Aeschylus
What is Euclid known for?
Being the father of geometry and wrote 13 books called "The Elements"
Who concurred most of Greece?
PhilipⅡKing of Macedon
What did Thucydides write about in his point of view?
The history of the Peloponnesian War
Who is the greek god of marriage?
Hera
Which Roman wrote the Aeneid?
Virgil
What did Aristarchus first state?
First to state that the Earth revolves around the Sun and rotated on its axis
Who was the last king of Rome and was a harsh Etruscan tyrant?
Tarquin the Proud
Who is the author of “The Republic” which gives the idea of a perfectly runned government?
Plato
Who was the Roman goddess of war, wisdom, and weaving?
Minerva
Who was the Roman poet who wrote about mythology?
Ovid
Who invented the pulley, water screw, and the lever?
Archimedes
What Roman general is credited with defeating Hannibal in the 2nd Punic war?
Scipio Africanus
Who said "True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing"?
Socrates
What is Morpheus god of?
God of dreams
Who was a Greek dramatist who wrote Medea?
Euripedes