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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Why did Greek visit oracles? | To find out about the future. |
| Whose writing had an effect on the U.S. Constitution? | Aristotle. |
| What is Homer's epic, the lillad about? | The Trojan war. |
| Aesop's Fables. | Were a part of the Greek oral tradition. |
| Who thought the government should be ruled by philosopher-kings. | Plato. |
| What did Aristotle teach? | Taught the "golden mean". |
| Who was sentenced to death for his teaching? | Socrates. |
| Who taught students that the universe followed the same laws that the governed music and numbers? | Pythagoras. |
| Who did the Greeks worship as their chief God? | Zeus. |
| What did Greek scientists is known as the "father of medicine"? | Hippocrates. |
| Why did Socrates disagree with the Sophists. | The sophists earned their living by teaching. They believed there was no absolute good for evil. For instance, they believed that one way for life for one person might be wrong for another person. Although Socrates also considered himself a teacher, he be |
| Sophocles. | A great Athenian writer who stressed courage and understanding. |
| Hellenistic Era. | A time when Greek culture spread through the known world. |
| Sophist. | Rejected the idea of absolute right or wrong. |
| Alexander. | A commander in the army at age 16, and a ruler at 20. |
| Stoics. | Believed that happiness resulted from using reason. |
| Which Greek Scientist concluded that the Earth was round? | Eratosthenes. |
| How do the Gods in Greek myths look and act? | They have great powers but look and act like human beings. |
| The Parthenon. | A Greek dedicated to the Greek goddess Athena. |