Who was a writer of greek tragedies and used 3 actors instead of 1?
Sophocles
100
Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey?
Homer
100
Who figured out the earth is round?
Eratosthenes
100
Who thought happiness was the of life by speaking out pleasure?
Epicureans
200
Who rejected the idea of democracy as a form of government, wrote a book called "The Republic", and opened the acedemy?
Plato
200
Who was a writer of greek tragedies and was down to earth?
Euripedes
200
Who made up famous fables?
Aesop
200
Who found out the earth revolves around the sun?
Aristarchus
200
Who taught you should follow reason and not emotion and do your duty?
Stoics
300
Who Believed in an absolute truth existed and created a type of teaching?
Socrates
300
Who wrote greek tragedies and used 2 actors, stage decoration, and costumes?
Aeschylus
300
Who made fun of leading politicians and scholars?
Aristophanes
300
Who wrote a book that organized information about geometry?
Euclid
300
What did homer write?
The Iliad and the Odyssey
400
Who taught the idea of the "golden mean", wrote over 200 books on philosophy and science, divided the government into 3 basic types, opened a school called Lycuem, and was Plato's best student?
Aristotle
400
Who united the greek city-states to fight against persia?
Philip II
400
Who wrote the history of the persian war and was called "father of history"?
Herodotus
400
Who established the science of physics,and explained the lever and compound pulley?
Archimedes
400
What did pythagoras make?
The Pythagorean theorem
500
Who were professional teachers that traveled from city to city and did not believe in an absolute right or wrong?
Sophists
500
Who conquered the persian empire, expanded territory, and spread greek culture throughout southwest asia?
Alexander the Great
500
Who wrote short poems about beauty and nature?
Theocritus
500
Who fought in the peloponnesian war, and was known as the greatest historian of the ancient world?