Athenian History
Mythology
Art and Architecture
Epistemology
Ancient Greek Philosophy
100
This Athenian Philosopher was executed by hemlock poison.
Socrates.
100
This Goddess of beauty and love has two names one of Greek origin and the other of roman origin.
Answer: Aphrodite (Greek), Venus (Roman).
100
This type of pottery, characterized by black figures on a red background, is prominent in Archaic Greek art.
Black-figure pottery.
100
"Episteme" means this.
Knowledge.
100
This ancient Greek philosopher's name meant "broad".
Plato.
200
This athlete and want to be tyrant won the Olympic games in 640 BCE and was killed after attempting a political coup in Athens.
Kylon.
200
In an ancient Greek Homeric Hymn, it is written that Hades abducted what goddess from her home.
Persephone.
200
This term refers to the decorative horizontal band on the frieze of the Parthenon, of which the "Weaver's section" is shown here, depicting a procession honouring Athena. MAYBE EDIT
The Panathenaic Procession.
200
This "first principle" of René Descartes's philosophy was originally published in french. It later appeared in Latin in his Principia Philosophia.
Je pense, donc je suis;
I think, therefore I am;
or Cogito Ergo Sum.
200
What are the four kinds of causation according to Aristotle?
Material, Formal, Efficient, Final.
300
This Athenian Play write was allegedly killed by an eagle mistaking his bald head as a rock and dropping a tortoise on him.
Aeschylus.
300
This goddess is known as the messenger goddess sending messages to those in need by way of rainbow.
Iris.
300
Commentators have suggested that nearly every great ancient Greek philosopher can be found in Raphael's The School of Athens, but determining which are depicted is speculative. This notable cynic is pictured with only scant clothing and his bowl.
Diogenes.
300
This theory of knowledge asserts that the only legitimate source of knowledge about the world is experience.
Empiricism.
300
What are the five elements in Ancient Greek cosmology?
Earth, Water, Air, Fire, and Aether.
400
This battle happened during the Greco-Persia Wars and was a major victory for Athens in 480 BCE.
The Battle of Salamis.
400
This Ancient Hero asked Poseidon to change their gender so they would never be penetrated against their will again.
Caeneus.
400
Like all architecture in Ancient Greece, the Parthenon in Athens follows one of three distinct architectural orders: Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian. These categories break down when a building was made, and the style used when producing it. Which style was used to create the Parthenon based on the columns?
Doric. Well, the building has added Ionic elements, like the friezes that display mythical sculptures. The columns here are Doric.
400
Immanuel Kant famously split the world of objects into these two categories.
Phenomena and Noumena.
400
In one account of the death of Pythagoras, while feeling a mob the Greek mathematician encountered a field of this crop, which he may have believed held the souls of the dead. He refused to trample the field, and met his fate.
Fava Beans.
500
This Athenian ruler became an unforgiving leader after the scandalous murder of his brother in 514.
Hippias.
500
Pandora had this object which filled with this object which brought doom to the male race. EDIT
Jar/box with seven evils/ evils. EDIT
500
What is the ancient Greek term and/or idea representing the philosophy behind the Classical Athenian statue Discobolus, known for using mathematics, a discipline that fell under ancient philosophy?
Answer: Arete/Excellence/perfection
500
These theories of knowledge posit epistemically advantaged socially situated positions which may more easily, with greater accuracy, or with greater ability to represent fundamental truths, access certain facts of the matter.
Standpoint theories.
500
In the essay The Reason of the Strongest, Jaques Derrida argues the democracy in Plato’s Republic links the concept of “Freedom" (Elutheria) to this, "_______" (Excousia), potentially contradictory, component.
License.