Ancient Greece Terms 8.2

A ____ is a legend or traditional story; often about gods and goddesses.

a person who studies to gain wisdom in a particular field (a)  

• philosopher
• mathematician
• writer
• astronomer

Greek poet & storyteller; author of The Iliad and The Odyssey. (a)  

• Socrates
• Plato
• Aristotle
• Homer

Greek philosopher who devoted himself to the study of science (a)  

• Socrates
• Plato
• Aristotle
• Homer

Greek philosopher who wrote books about government (a)  

• Socrates
• Plato
• Aristotle
• Homer

Greek philosopher who encouraged his students to seek truth through human reason (a)  

• Socrates
• Plato
• Aristotle
• Homer

a large, outdoor arena (a)  

• stadium
• amphitheater
• coliseum
• racetrack

A _____ is a short story that teaches a lesson.

goddesses who the Greeks believed presided over the arts and sciences; their father was Zeus, and their mother Mnemosyne (a)  

• Aesop
• Archimedes
• Euclid
• Muses

Greek mathematician; wrote the first known geometry book (a)  

• Aesop
• Archimedes
• Euclid
• Muses