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Myths
What are traditional stories about gods and heroes
100
Alexander
Who was a commander in the army at 16 and a king at 20?
100
Macedonia
What is Greece's northern neighbor?
100
Aesop
Who is a Greek slave who made up now famous fables, stories that teach a lesson?
100
Drama
What is a story told by actors who pretend to be characters in the story?
200
Sophocles
Who is a dramatist who used painted scenery and three actors to tell a story?
200
Stoics
Who taught that happiness came from reason and doing one's duty?
200
Archimedes
Who said, " Give me a lever and a place to stand, and I will move the earth?
200
Conquering, inviting, bribing
What are the ways Philip II got some Greek cities to join him?
200
Alexander the Great
Who freed the Greek cities in Asia Minor from Persiam rule.
300
Mount Olympus
What is the highest mountain in Greece where the most important gods and goddesses lived
300
Thucydides
Who is considered by some to be the greatest historian of the ancient world?
300
Plato
Who thought that governments should be headed by philosopher-kings?
300
Euclid
Who told King Ptolemy that "There is no royal way to learn geometry"?
300
Greek Philosophy
What led to the study of history, political science, science, and mathematics?
400
Sophists
What are teachers who taught that there was no absolute right and wrong?
400
Hellenistic Era
What is a time when Greek Culture spread throughout the non-Greek world?
400
Alexander the Great
Who freed the Greek cities in Asia Minor from persian rule?
400
Philip II
Who is the Macedonian king that loved Greek culture and planned to conquer Persia?
400
Herodotus
Who wrote the History of the Persian Wars?
500
Pythagoras
Who taught that the universe followed the same rules as music and numbers?
500
rituals
How did the Greeks hope to earn the favor of their gods and goddesses?
500
The Trojan War
What is Homer's epic, the Iliad about?
500
Athena
Who was the Goddess of wisdom and crafts?