Legacy of ancient Greece

Socrates

• A philosopher and teacher, who asked questions that forced people to examine their beliefs 

• A mathematician that developed a way to calculate the side lengths of triangles

• A young king who conquered Persia and most of Asia 

• A writer, who authored the epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey 

Socratic Method

• A learning process driven by asking questions

• A method for finding the length of one side of a triangle 

• A building process the help construct the Acropolis 

• An competitive olympic activity 

Artistotle

• A student of Plato, who developed the process of logical inference 

• A student of Socrates, who wrote The Republic 

• A writer, who authored the epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey 

• A philosopher and a teacher, who asked questions that forced people to examine their beliefs 

Plato

• A philosopher and a teacher, who asked questions that forced people to examine their beliefs 

• A writer, who authored the epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey 

• A student of Plato, who developed the process of logical inference 

• A student of Socrates, who wrote The Republic 

Homer

• A student of Socrates, who wrote The Republic 

• A writer, who authored the epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey 

• A student of Plato, who developed the process of logical inference 

• A philosopher and a teacher, who asked questions that forced people to examine their beliefs 

Hippocrates

• A philosopher and a teacher, who asked questions that forced people to examine their beliefs 

• Wrote a book about the responsibility of doctors to their patients

• Wrote Elements, which is the basis for the study of Geometry

• Invented a compound pulley that helped lift heavy objects

Archimedes

• Invented a compound pulley that helped lift heavy objects

• Wrote a book about the responsibility of doctors to their patients

• Wrote Elements, which is the basis for the study of Geometry

• Invented the idea that rulers got their power from making wise decisions

Pythagoras

• Invented a compound pulley that helped lift heavy objects

• Wrote Elements, which is the basis for the study of Geometry

• Wrote a book about the responsibility of doctors to their patients

• The man a python is named after

Homer

• Wrote epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey

• Wrote histories of ancient Greece

• Wrote tragedies and comedies

• Wrote Elements, which is the basis for the study of Geometry

Sophocles

• Wrote tragedies and comedies

• Wrote epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey

• Wrote histories of ancient Greece

• Invented a compound pulley that helped lift heavy objects