Anct. History Ancient Greek – Flashcards

a way of thinking

someone who studies thinking`

a way of studying issues and problems through a question and answer technique

discussions or conversations

fairness

school

a cause that explains something

common sense

talk or argue about something

writer of plays

play with sad ending

play with happy ending

long narrative poem

a story that teaches a lesson

form of poetry which expresses personal emotions

a type of lyric poem

a promise a doctor takes about treating patients

the rules about sides of a triangle

speech giver

a government that is fair and equitable for all people

first greek philosopher, came up with socratic method, The Socratic Method is questioning about good and evil to seek the truth using reasoning, forced to drink poison because people didn't like his ideas, had no famous works because he didn't write down anything, Everything about Socrates was written by his student Plato.

Student of Socrates. Teacher of Aristotle. Wrote his philosophy in conversations called dialogues. In his dialogue he used Socrates as a major character Famous work is the Republic. The Republic discusses the meaning of justice. He wrote about how a city-state should be governed. He founded his own school called the Academy (lasted 900 years)

Philosopher and Scientist Born: 384 BC Died: 322 BC A student of Plato but didn't always agree with all that Plato said. learned about philosophy and logical thinking (common sense) from Plato. Teacher of Alexander the Great He was interested in the physical world and focused on practical areas of philosophy and science. founded his own school called the Lyceum. He thought that reason was the highest good and that it was important to have self-control. He was the son of a doctor and became interested in nature and anatomy.self-control.

Plato's Academy was not a school or college like we have today. They didn't have classes on specific subjects taught by teachers. What they did was challenge each other with questions and debate. One method of doing this was to have dialogues where one person would ask a question and the other person would attempt to answer it. They would then continue to discuss the question in a debate format, asking new questions as they came up in the debate.

Aristotle had tutors who taught him all sorts of subjects. Including Greek gods, philosophy, mathematics and reading and writing Greek. When Aristotle turned seventeen he traveled to Athens to join Plato's Academy. He stayed at the Academy for nearly 20 years, first as a student and later as a teacher.

Aristotle--new ideas on how the world should be studied. He liked to make detailed observations of the world, taking notes and records of what he saw. He went so far as to dissect animals to learn more about their anatomy. This was very different from the other Greek philosophers of that time. They did all their work in their minds, thinking about the world, but not observing it. Aristotle laid the foundation of science today and spent a lot of time learning about biology. He was the first to try and classify different types of animals into different groups. He made drawings of different animal parts and tried to determine the function of different organs and he made many discoveries and interesting observations. He opened his own school and taught his students subjects such as logic, physics, public speaking, politics, and philosophy.

A Greek playwright considered the father of the tragedy.

Most popular playwright during Greek times. He won many writing competitions and is thought to have written over 100 plays.

A Greek playwright considered the father of the comedy.

Aesop's fables were known for both talking animals as well as teaching a moral. Historians aren't sure if Aesop really existed or was just a fable himself.

Wrote a book that was about Greek life that helped historians to understand what the daily life for the average Greek person was like. He also wrote Theogany, which explained a lot about Greek Mythology.

The most famous of the Greek epic poets. He wrote the epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey.

One of the greatest mathematic geniuses to have ever lived.He made many discoveries both in math and science. Created the lever and pulley for moving large and heavy objects. He was the famous Greek who ran down the street naked yelling "Eureka! Eureka!" because he had just the discovered the principle of buoyancy (force that creates floating) while taking a bath. He was also an engineer, physicist, philosopher, inventor and astronomer. He came up with value of pi. He defined the geometry and volumes of different shapes such as the sphere and cylinder.

An astronomer and mathematician, He was the first to put the sun at the center of the universe rather than the Earth.

The Father of Geometry Wrote "The Elements", the basis for modern geometry. Elements is the most famous mathematical textbook in history.

A studied medicine and cures. The Father of Medicine. Hippocratic Oath is the rule of ethics for doctors.

A scientist and philosopher Came up with the Pythagorean Theorem that investigated the relationship between the sides of a right triangle. a2 +b2= c2

The greatest military commander in history He never lost a battle.

The greatest orator of Greek times.