Transcript Jeopardy Bill Patton

Civilizations
Philosophy
Myths &
Literature
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What is Crete?
This is the island which sits midway
between Greece and Asia Minor,
and was the home of the
Minoan people.
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Who is Socrates?
He is considered to be the
“Father of Philosophy,”
although he was sentenced to
death for the crime of corrupting
Greek youth.
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What is polytheism?
This is NOT a material for leisure suits,
but it is a type of belief system, in
which many gods, and even goddesses,
are worshipped.
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What is the Peloponnesian War?
This conflict started when Sparta
and Corinth teamed up with the
Persians to take on the Athenians;
the fighting lasted almost thirty years!
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Who were the Mycenaeans?
These were the people who developed
their own civilization on mainland
Greece who traded with,
and ultimately took over,
the Minoans circa 1400 BCE.
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Who were the Sophists?
This group was in favor of
practical education and
were critics of the philosophers.
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What is Lysistrata?
Originally performed in
Athens in 411 BCE, it is a comic
account of one woman's
extraordinary mission to end
The Peloponnesian War.
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What are the Olympic Games?
Records indicate that these
competitions began in 776 BCE, with
representatives of various
city-states of Ancient Greece attending
every four years.
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Who were the Minoans?
This was the civilization which
inhabited the island of Crete from
approximately 2700 to 1450 BC.
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Who was Plato?
In 387 BCE, he founded the Academy
in Athens so that he could
continue the works of his
teacher, Socrates.
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Who is Zeus?
Equivalent to the Roman god, Jupiter,
this Greek god was Lord of the sky
and supreme ruler of the gods.
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What is a polis?
Often translated as “city-state,”
it describes the urban centers
of Greek life circa 750 BCE.
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What is the Lion’s Gate?
This is the beastly name given
to a possible entrance to a palace
in the Greek center of Mycenae
seen here…
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Who was Aristotle?
He had written extensively on
ethics, science, and plant and animal
classification, but this teacher of
Alexander the Great
was once a student himself,
in Plato’s Academy.
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What is the Parthenon?
This was the temple of the Greek
goddess Athena whom the people of
Athens considered their protector.
Its construction began in 447BCE
and it was completed in 432 BCE.
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What is a phalanx?
Derived from the Greek word meaning
the finger, it is a rectangular mass
military formation, usually composed of
heavy infantry armed with spears,
pikes, or similar weapons…
as seen here…
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Who were the Dorians?
The picture turned “gray” for the
Mycenaeans about 1000 BCE when
this group showed up to reclaim
Greece for their ancestor, Heracles.
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What is a stone mason?
Before becoming well-known as
a philosopher, Socrates made his
living in this profession. Rock on!
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What is The Odyssey?
The is one of two major ancient Greek
epic poems attributed to Homer.
It is, in part, a sequel to the Iliad, the
other work traditionally ascribed to Homer.
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What is the alphabet?
This is a writing system of symbols
which was brought from Egypt to
ancient Greece. It is easily indentified
by the names of the first two
Greek characters, alpha and beta.
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Kings and Royalty
He succeeded his father Philip II of
Macedon to the throne in 336 BCE
after the King was assassinated,
and died 13 years later at the age of
32.
Alexander the Great