The twelve most important gods and goddesses lived on this mountain in Greece.
What is Mount Olympus?
100
Aristophanes was one of the best-known writers of these Greek dramas.
What are comedies?
100
These professional teachers rejected the concept of an absolute right or wrong, and taught students how to win arguments and make political speeches.
Who were Sophists?
100
Alexander became king of this nation when he was only 20 years old.
What is Macedonia?
100
This philosophy taught that the goal of life was happiness and the way to happiness was to seek out pleasure.
What is Epicureanism?
200
Around 550 B.C., this Greek slave made up many famous fables, or short tales.
Who was Aesop?
200
This Greek playwright introduced three actors to his stories, and wrote such famous tragedies as Oedipus and Antigone.
Who was Sophocles?
200
Considered the "father of history," this ancient Greek historian wrote about the Persian Wars.
Who was Herodotus?
200
Alexander's conquests marked the beginning of this era, a time when Greek ideas spread to the non-Greek people of southwest Asia.
What is the Hellenistic Era?
200
This famous scientist of the Hellenistic Era invented the catapult and figured out the value of pi.
Who is Archimedes?
300
This famous epic was written by Homer and included the story of the Trojan horse.
What is the Illiad?
300
First carved from wood, then later made from marble, this architectural feature supported many Greek buildings.
What are columns?
300
This philosopher believed that there was an absolute right or wrong.
Who was Socrates?
300
Alexander built this city in Egypt as a center of business and trade.
What is Alexandria?
300
This Greek mathematician describes plane geometry in his book Elements.
Who is Euclid?
400
To find out about the future, many Greeks visited an oracle at the Temple of Apollo in this city-state.
What is Delphi?
400
This Greek playwright questioned traditional thinking about war in his dramas.
Who was Euripides?
400
This philosopher believed that philosopher-kings should rule society and established a school in Athens known as the Academy.
Who was Plato?
400
Alexander's soldiers refused to go farther after crossing this river.
What is the Indus River?
400
This mathematician continued the Greek tradition of studying philosophy and mathematics around A.D. 400.
Who is Hypatia?
500
Homer's epic, the Odyssey, tells the story of this Greek hero and his journey home from the Trojan War.
Who is Odysseus?
500
One of the best-known examples of classic Greek architecture, this temple was dedicated to the goddess Athena and held the treasury of the Athenian empire.
What is the Parthenon?
500
This ancient Greek historian wrote the History of the Peloponnesian War and stressed the importance of having accurate facts.
Who was Thucydides?
500
Alexander was most likely influenced by this warrior-hero from Homer's epic.
Who is Achilles?
500
This Phoenician developed Stoicism, a philosophy that values reasoning over emotions.