Greece

Cat 1

100

A story that is legend, not true

Myth

200

Myth where a young boy flies too close to the sun

Icarus

300

Science of measuring time

Chronology

400

derived from the god Pan, the goat-footed, flute-playing king of field and wood whose war cry was to spread frenzy and fear among his enemies.

Panic

500

 in Greek it meant “soul”.  Today, however, in English it has come to mean the entire mental state.

Psyche

Cat 2

100

god that came from a god and a human

Demigod

200

god of the sea

Poseidon 

300

minor goddesses, beautiful maidens who lived in nature

Nymphs

400

wood nymph

Dryad

500

 referred to the race of giants, has been used to describe anything which is enormous in size or strength

Titan

Cat 3

100

500,000 papyrus scrolls

Library

200

contained galleries / a zoo / botanical gardens / dining hall

Museum

300

Lighthouse with a reflective mirror

Pharos

400

 blending of eastern and western cultures (Greek, Persian, Indian, and Egyptian)

Hellenism

500

• Egyptian city – became the foremost center of commerce and Hellenistic civilization

Alexandria

Cat 4

100

fortified hilltop

Acropolis

200

Greek word for city state

Polis

300

• accurately estimated the value of pi (π)  

• pi is the ratio of the circumference of a circle

    to its diameter

• explained the law of the lever

Archimedes

400

Father of Geometry

Euclid

500

• estimated the Sun was at least 3000 times larger than Earth

• proposed the Earth and the other planets revolve around the Sun

Aristarchus

Cat 5

100

Rule by a king

Monarchy

200

Rule by the wealthy

Aristocracy

300

• gods who had no interest in humans ruled the universe

• believed only real objects were those that the five senses perceived

• greatest good and the highest pleasure came from virtuous conduct and the absence of pain

• proposed that the main goal of humans was to achieve harmony of body and mind

Epicureanism

400

• people should live virtuous lives in harmony with the will or natural laws of god

• human desires / power / wealth = dangerous distractions

• promoted social unity 

• encouraged its followers to focus on what they could control

Stoicism

500

Said Earth was the center of the Solar system

Ptolemy