The Big Three Flashcards
Who was Socrates?
A Philosopher who taught Plato
How did Socrates teach and what did he teach?
Taught by asking questions
Called the Socratic Method
Who was the student of Socrates?
Plato
Who was the student of Plato
Aristotle
Who was Aristotle?
A Greek Philosopher
What did Aristotle write about?
Science, Art, Law, Poetry, and Government
What were the two things in Science/Math?
Pythagoras- Formulated the principle of geometry
Pythagorean Theorem
What is Archimedes?
Advanced a method of measuring circumference
What were the most beautiful and biggest architectures?
Temples
What were the three types of Columns?
Doric, Ionic, Corinthian
When did Alexander the Great went on to conquer Greece?
After his father, who had previously conquered Greece, died.
What does military-genius mean?
Never lost a battle
Where did he conquer?
Persia, Egypt, the Middle East, and Northern India.
What does Hellenistic mean?
The blending of Greek cultures with those of Persia, Egypt, and Central Asia following the Conquests of Alexander the Great
