G
Golden Age
the highest point of a civilization
Why were the sculptures of people so detailed?
They represented the perfect human figure
Plays with humorous or happy endings?
Comedies
What does "the unexamined life is not worth living" mean?
You need to be aware of your life, actions, responsibilities, and consequences.
The 'Father' of History?
Herodotus
The areas of 'excellence'
Literature, Sculptures, Drama, Math, Architecture
The main or lead character in a Greek play?
Protagonist
Which playwright wrote about social issues and used satire?
Aristophanes
Author of The Republic
Plato
What should a historian do?
Write accurate accounts and separate fact from fiction
the preferred topic of sculptors
The human body
Why were Greek plays referred to as Tragedies?
There was an almost universal unhappy or tragic ending.
A "thinker" in ancient Greece?
Philosopher
To much freedom leads to ...
Chaos
Hippocrates
Decorated marble cylinders on the outside of buildings
Columns
What was usually the main theme of Greek Plays?
To properly honor the gods or suffer the consequences.
Who followed the maxim "man is the measure of all things"
Sophists
Who did Plato think should make all of the decisions?
The best educated.
Taught by Aristotle, created a vast empire that stretched from South East Europe to the Indian subcontinent
Alexander the Great
Sculpted the Discus thrower
Myron
Who wrote Oedipus Rex?
Sophocles
Who taught Plato?
Socrates
The world's first university?
The Academy
Hellenistic