Roles -> Person
Blind poet who is credited with writing the Iliad and the Odyssey.
Homer
Who is the namesake of Athens?
Athena
"Lover of Wisdom". Persons who seek understanding of fundamental questions about existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language, often through deep thinking, theorizing, and rational argument.
The seeking of truth.
Philosopher
Plays, ancient versions of TV shows, that use humor and satire.
Comedies
Who was Aristotle, what is he known for?
Philosopher who tutored Alexander, believed the middle class should have power, wrote a book called Politics
Playwright whose topics were usually tragedies
Sophacles
This term represents the Greek city-state & government and the area it controls.
Polis
Wandering story teller
Bard
The art of using language effectively to persuade, influence, or motivate an audience, whether in speaking, writing, or any form of communication.
These type of questions might asked to make someone thing about an event or topic, not necessarily provide an answer.
Rhetoric
Who is Aristophanes, what is he known for?
Playwright who wrote comedies and used satire
Taught people to examine their own questions to help them find answers.
Socrates
They expanded into Greece (conquering it), borrowing a lot of Greek ideas and expanding upon them and merging them with their own beliefs. (Zeus = Jupiter)
The Romans
State owned slaves from Sparta
Helots
When a civilization is experiencing a time period of growth in arts, education, technology, and other areas.
Golden Age
DAILY DOUBLE!!!! ... each part is worth 300 points:
A. What is Alexander's title?
B. Where is he from?
C. Name at least one region he conquered
A. the Great
B. Macedonia
C. Greece, Persia, Egypt
Father of History, started verifying information
Herodotus
THE BIG BONUS QUESTION worth ... ONE BILLION POINTS (x 10^-9) !!!!
In the first then second movie Optimus Prime is searching for very special items to help defeat the decepticons and protect Earth. What are they?
In the comics he has control of a different item, what is it?
You need all 3 answers to get any points ...
In order: The All Spark, The Matrix of Leadership, The Creation Matrix.
Took an oath to "do no harm" and "ease suffereing"
Doctors, healers, surgeons, etc.
Plays, ancient versions of TV shows, whose message is usually "loyalty to the gods" and ends with human suffering.
Tragedies
Who is Myron, what is he known for?
He was a sculptor and his statues were life-like and very detailed. He sculpted the Discus Thrower.
Thucydides
This monument contained 4 different languages, 2 Greek and 2 Egyptian. It allowed archaeologists and anthropologists to decipher hieroglyphics.
Double up or Double down: What are hieroglyphics?
Rosetta Stone
Hieroglyphics are a type of pictograph, or writing using pictures and symbols to represent words or phrases.
A ruler who took power in order to address problems in the current ruling government. They usually end up being as bad as the government they replaced.
Tyrant
Education -geometry, pythagorean theorem, Pi
Architecture - Built the Parthenon, use of columns
Arts - sculptures like the Discus Thrower
Who is Plato and what is he known for?
He was a philosopher. Taught by Socrates, taught Aristotle. Only wanted the best educated and trained to run the government (usually the rich, you see this again in China). Wrote a book called The Republic.