Ancient Greek Philosophers Quiz

Who was famous for discovering why eclipses happened and could predict them?

• Thales

• Pythagoras

• Anaximander

• Empedocles

Which Greek philosopher believed that the universe could be explained with mathematics?

• Thales

• Empedocles

• Anaximander

• Pythagoras

Who was the first Greek philosopher to create a cosmological model and believed the earth was cylindrical in shape?

• Anaximander

• Pythagoras

• Thales

• Empedocles

Which ancient astronomer was considered the first great astronomer and scientist?

• Eratosthenes

• Hipparchus

• Ptolemy

• Aristarchus

Who was the most influential astronomer in his day and a great admirer of Hipparchus?

• Aristarchus

• Eratosthenes

• Ptolemy

• Hipparchus

Which Greek philosopher founded his own school called the Lyceum in Athens?

• Eratosthenes

• Aristotle

• Hipparchus

• Ptolemy

Who was the teacher of the better-known Archimedes and the first to attempt to measure the relative distance between the Earth-Moon and the Earth-Sun?

• Aristarchus

• Eratosthenes

• Ptolemy

• Hipparchus

Which Greek philosopher proposed that the stars formed the outermost crystal sphere and placed the spherical earth at the center?

• Eudoxus

• Plato

• Aristarchus

• Aristotle

Who was the librarian at the Great Library of Alexandria in Egypt and measured the circumference of the Earth?

• Aristarchus

• Ptolemy

• Hipparchus

• Eratosthenes

Which Greek philosopher envisioned the universe as containing the static earth at the center?

• Plato

• Eudoxus

• Aristarchus

• Aristotle