Greek Civilizations

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Greek Civilizations

• Chapter 5.4

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• The Spread of
• Greek Culture

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• What was the name of the book that Appolonius of
  Rhodes wrote?

• Argonautica

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• What was Argonautica about?

• It tells the legend of Jason and his band of
  heroes. They search for a ram with a golden
  fleece.

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• What did Theocritus write ?

• He wrote short poems about the beauty of nature.

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• How was the comedy in Athens was different from
  in Ancient Greece?

• These stories still had a happy ending and made
  people laugh.
• These did not make fun of political leaders.

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• Philosophy

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• Who was Epicurus?

• He was a philosopher who founded Epicureanism.

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• Which philosophy believes happiness was the goal
  of life?

• Epicureanism

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• Who developed Stoicism?

• A Phoenician named Zeno

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• Which philosophy believes that happiness comes
  from following reason, not emotions, and doing
  your duty?

• Stoicism

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• Greek Science and
• Math

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• What do you call people that study the stars,
  planets, and other heavenly bodies?

• Astronomers

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• Who was the astronomer who claimed that the sun
  was at the center of the universe and that Earth
  circled the sun?

• Aristarchus

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• Who was in charge of the library at Alexandria
  and concluded that the Earth is round?

• Eratosthenes

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• Who is the most famous Greek mathematician who
  describes plane geometry in his book Elements?

• Euclid

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• What do you call the branch of mathematics that
  shows how points, lines, angles, and surfaces
  relate to each other?

• Plane Geometry

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• Who was the most famous scientist of the
  Hellenistic Era?

• Archimedes

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• What do you call the study of ball-like shapes
  called spheres and tubelike shapes called
  cylinders?

• Solid Geometry

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• What is the value used to measure the area of a
  circle?

• Pi

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• What did Archimedes build for the King of
  Syracuse to help protect the city?

• He built catapults (machines that hurled arrows,
  rocks, and spears).