This term describes traditional stories about gods and heroes.
What is a myth?
100
This was ruled by the Greek god Hades.
What is the underworld / afterlife?
100
This is a short tale that teaches a lesson, and many were written by Aesop in Greece.
What is a fable?
100
These long poems told about heroic deeds.
What is an epic?
100
This is a story told by actors who pretend to be characters in the story.
What is a drama?
200
These are the three styles of columns the Greeks used in their buildings.
What are Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian?
200
This civilization, located north of Greece, eventually conquered Greece and southwest Asia.
What is Macedonia?
200
This word comes from Greek for love of wisdom and led to the study of history, political science, science, and mathematics.
What is philosophy?
200
This gifted military leader conquered a vast amount of land in Greece and Southwest Asia, and he led to an era where Greek culture spread.
Who is Alexander the Great?
200
This "lover of wisdom" in Ancient Greece taught by asking pupils questions and forcing them to use reason to see things for themselves.
Who is Socrates?
300
In a Greek myth, this character flew too close to the sun with his wings.
Who is Icarus?
300
This Greek teacher wrote "Republic" and argued against democracy and for three basic groups to govern.
Who is Plato?
300
This exceptional student in Athens became a great teacher and writer, grouping observations with science and arguing for a mixture of democracy and monarchy.
Who is Aristotle?
300
This was a sacred shrine where a priest or priestess spoke for a god or goddess.
What is an oracle?
300
This was the favorite subject of Greek artists/sculptors.
What is the human body?
400
This way of life, developed by Zeno, stressed following reason and not emotion for people to do their duty.
What is Stoicism?
400
This man is considered the greatest historian of the ancient world, and wrote a history of the Peloponnesian War and stressed human activities, not the gods.
Who is Thucydides?
400
This temple, dedicated to the goddess Athena, was the glory of ancient Athens and still stands today.
What is the Parthenon?
400
This refers to a time when Greek language and ideas spread to the non-Greek people of southwest Asia; means "like the Greeks."
What is the Hellenistic Era?
400
This refers to a way of life where happiness was the goal, and that could be achieved by seeking pleasure.
What is Epicureanism?
500
This astronomer concluded the Earth was round and measured the Earth's circumference.
Who is Eratosthenes?
500
He is the most famous Greek mathematician and wrote "Elements," describing plane geometry about points, lines, angles, and surfaces.
Who is Euclid?
500
He is the most famous Greek scientist and worked on solid geometry (spheres and cylinders), found the value of pi, and designed catapults.
Who is Archimedes?
500
They carried out this action after expanding into the Aegean Sea area to secure shipping lanes from pirates.
Why did the Romans invade Greece?
500
These were two infamous poems written by Homer that included heroic deeds.