Greek Achievements

What is the definition of architecture?

• the art of creating or forming texture

• the art of designing and constructing buildings

• the art of painting frescoes

• the art of realistic sculpting

The most famous Greek temple was the

• Parthenon.

• Temple of Zeus.

• Temple of Athena.

• Acropolis.

Philosopher, teacher, and author of The Republic

• Aristotle

• Homer

• Plato

• Socrates

Philosopher and Alexander the Great's teacher

• Aristotle

• Homer

• Plato

• Socrates

Created the Socratic method which involved asking questions that made people think about what they believed

• Aristotle

• Homer

• Plato

• Socrates

Author of The Iliad and The Odyssey

• Aristotle

• Homer

• Plato

• Socrates

A scientific instrument created by Ptolemy that used the position of the Sun and other stars to tell time and measure latitude

• astrolabe

• ore smelting and casting

• pulley block

• wood screw

A system of ropes and levers used to lift heavy building materials for the Greeks' enormous structures

• astrolabe

• ore smelting and casting

• pulley block

• wood screw

Aesop wrote down tales of talking animals and magical events that have a moral called

• dramas.

• epics.

• fables.

• myths.

Stories about gods and goddesses and other creatures that often tried to explain some natural or social event

• dramas

• epics

• fables

• myths