Unit 2 Assessment Great Greeks and Alexander the Great

What do the literary works Oedipus Rex, The Illiad, The Odyssey and Antigone have in common?

They all show the impact of Greek religion in daily life.

Herodotus

Greek Historian, considered the Father of History.

Aristotle

A Greek Philosopher, taught Alexander the Great, studied with Plato

Homer

A Greek poet, author of The Iliad and The Odyssey

Combines Greek, Persian, Egyuptian and Indian cultures

Alexander the Great's Empire

Socrates

Philosopher who believed in an absolute right or wrong; developed the Socratic Method

Phidias

Sculptor of the statue of Athena in the Parthenon

Plato

Socrates' most well known pupil. Wrote "The Republic"

Hippocrates

"Father of Western Medicine" Believed diseases came from natural causes, not the Gods. "First, do no harm."

Pythagoras

(582?-500?BCE) Greek mathematician responsible for the Pythagorean Theorem which states the square of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides. (a2 + b2 =c2)

Cause-Greek city-states are conquered by King Philip II

Effect-Greek city states become a monarchy

Cause-Greek city states are weakened by the Peoplonnesian Wars

Effect-King Philip II of Macedonia is able to conquer the Greek city-states

Euclid

Father of geometry

Aeschylus

Greek dramatist known as the Father of Tragedy

Thucydides

Greek historian

Archimedes

Greek mathematician and inventor. Best known for creating the lever and pulley system

Sophocles

Greek writer of tragedies; author of Oedipus Rex