Greek Religion
This god was known as the chief god to the ancient Greeks
Who is Zeus?
These were short tales that were meant to teach a lesson
What are fables?
These philosophers were a group of people who travelled from polis to polis, teaching people how to argue.
Who were the Sophists?
This King successfully conquered the Greeks in 359 BCE
Who is Phillip II?
This scientist researched and created plane geometry
Who is Euclid?
These were predictions about the future that the Greeks could learn
What are prophecies?
According to the story, this war time gift was given to the Trojans, but it turned out that the Greeks had hid soldiers inside
What is a wooden horse?
This philosopher did not leave any writings behind
Who is Socrates?
This war weakened and split the Greek city states, allowing the Macedonians to conquer them
What is the Peloponnesian war?
This ancient Greek astronomer said that the earth revolved around the sun
Who is Aristarchus?
These were places that ancient Greeks could go to communicate with the gods through others
What are oracles?
All of the moral stories that we know today (tortoise and the hare, the boy who cried wolf) are known as this person's, a writer who supposedly never existed
Who is Aesop?
The philosopher and student wrote "The Reupublic"
Who is Plato?
These army units are soldiers on horseback
What are cavalry?
This philosophy taught that happiness was the purpose of life and that the way to happiness was to avoid pain
What is Epicureanism?
This was the most famous oracle of the ancient Greek world
Oracle at the Temple of Apollo at Delphi
This type of Greek drama is a play in which the plot ends happily.
What is a comedy?
This philosopher started a school called Lyceum
Who is Aristotle?
This city was the capital the Alexander created in Egypt
What is Alexandria?
This story told the tale of Jason and the argonauts searching for the golden fleece
What is Argonautica?
This goddess was known as Zeus's sister and wife
Who is Hera?
This author wrote multiple epic poems. His stories were widely regarded as history.
This concept was Aristotle's idea that everything should be done in moderation, and that everything should be done in the middle of two extremes.
What is the golden mean?
This time period was the period after the death of Alexander the Great, when his empire was split into four kingdoms
What is the Hellenistic era?
This scholar developed solid geometry and the value of pi
Who is Archimedes?