Ancient Greece COPY

Question 1

This last of the “Five Good [Greek] Emperors” ruled from 161 AD - 180 AD and is in part known for writing “Meditations,” a series of personal writings that focused, among other things, his ideas on Stoic philosophy.

Answer 1

Marcus Aurelius

Question 2

This figure is said to have responded to Ptolemy I’s request for an easier way of of learning mathematics by saying “There is no Royal Road to geometry.” (The Royal Road is a reference to the ancient highway created under Persian king Darius I in the 5th century BC.)

Answer 2

Euclid

Question 3

The “Sword of” this Greek figure is the title of a moral anecdote that alludes to the ever-present peril faced by those in positions of power.

Answer 3

Damocles

Question 4

Called the “Father of History”, he wrote a long account of the Greco-Persian Wars.

Answer 4

Herodotus

Question 5

This Athens high ground was the site of the palaces of the Mycenaean-era kings.

Answer 5

Acropolis

Question 6

He ran the original Marathon, bringing Athens news of the battle.

Answer 6

Pheidippides

Question 7

What king of Epirus suffered massive casualties in defeating the Romans at the Battle of Asculum in 279 BC?

Answer 7

King Pyrrhus

Question 8

This Greek physician is often referred to as the “Father of Medicine” and is credited with being the first to believe that diseases were the result of natural causes and not because of superstition and gods.

Answer 8

Hippocrates

Question 9

This woman was the lover and partner of Pericles. Her house was an intellectual center of ancient Greece and attracted many prominent writers and thinkers. It’s been suggested that her teachings heavily influenced Socrates.

Answer 9

Aspasia

Question 10

Prior to becoming the Athenian Empire, that collection of city-states was known as this organization, named after the island where its treasury was located.

Answer 10

Delian League (Delos)

Question 11

After Paris of Troy took Helen from her husband Menelaus, this king of Mycenae led Greek troops to besiege Troy for 10 years.

Answer 11

Agamemnon

Question 12

This bearded guy was born in Colonus around 496 B.C. and wrote more than 120 plays including “Ajax” & “Antigone.”

Answer 12

Sophocles

Question 13

The Colossus of Rhodes was an ancient statue of what Greek god?

Answer 13

Helios

Question 14

This Greek trilogy of tragedies was written by Aeschylus. Its three parts include the (1) murder of Agamemnon by Clytemnestra, (2) the murder of Clytemnestra by Orestes and (3) the trial of Orestes

Answer 14

Oresteia

Question 15

A look at great historic clashes, Philip Sabin’s “Lost Battles” includes this 490 B.C. battle the Persians lost to the Greeks.

Answer 15

Battle of Marathon

Question 16

What, according to Virgil, was commissioned by Ulysses (who was inspired in a dream by Athena), constructed by the Greek craftsman Epeius, conveyed by Sinon, and questioned by Laocoön?

Answer 16

Trojan Horse

Question 17

What was the name of the school established by Plato near Athens around 387 BCE? Named after a legendary hero, its name is now a generic term for a learning institution.

Answer 17

Academy