Greek Culture

Long poem about heroic deeds

• Fable
• Epic
• Oracle
• Myth

Who wrote plays that poked fun at politicians and encouraged the audience to think?

• Thucydides
• Herodotus
• Euripides
• Aristophanes

A short tale using animals with human characteristics that teaches a moral or lesson

• Fable
• Epic
• Oracle
• Myth

Who used painted scenery and 3 actors to tell a story, author of "Oedipus Rex"?

• Plato
• Herodotus
• Euripides
• Sophocles

A priest or priestess who could predict the future

• Sophist
• Philosopher
• Oracle
• Zeus

Who is considered the "Father of History"?

• Thucydides
• Herodotus
• Plato
• Sophocles

Who questioned traditional thinking about war in his plays?

• Plato
• Sophocles
• Aristophanes
• Euripides

Who was the chief god of the Greeks?

• Zeus
• Plato
• Euripides
• Oracles

A way of teaching through questioning that is still used today

• Fable
• Epic
• Myth
• Socratic Method

What is the highest mountain in Greece and home to the gods and goddesses?

• Mount Olympus
• Zeus' Peak
• Mount Athena
• Sparta Point