Ancient Greek Philosophers Quiz

Who was the ancient Greek philosopher famous for discovering why eclipses happened and could predict them?

• Pythagoras

• Empedocles

• Thales

• Plato

Which ancient Greek philosopher believed that the universe could be explained with mathematics and suggested the harmony of the spheres?

• Pythagoras

• Eudoxus

• Anaximander

• Aristotle

Who was the ancient Greek philosopher who devised the theory that all substances are made of four pure, indestructible elements?

• Empedocles

• Plato

• Eratosthenes

• Hipparchus

Which ancient Greek philosopher proposed that the stars formed the outermost crystal sphere and placed the spherical earth at the center?

• Eratosthenes

• Eudoxus

• Ptolemy

• Aristarchus

Who was the ancient Greek philosopher who measured the circumference of the Earth in 325 BC?

• Thales

• Eratosthenes

• Hipparchus

• Aristotle

Which ancient Greek philosopher founded his own school called the Lyceum in Athens and created the Geocentric Model of the universe?

• Aristotle

• Pythagoras

• Plato

• Empedocles

Who was the ancient Greek philosopher considered the first great astronomer and scientist, using trigonometric methods to calculate eclipses?

• Eudoxus

• Eratosthenes

• Hipparchus

• Aristarchus

Which ancient Greek philosopher was the teacher of Archimedes and attempted to measure the relative distance between the Earth-Moon and Earth-Sun?

• Thales

• Aristarchus

• Eudoxus

• Pythagoras

Who was the ancient Greek philosopher better known for his ideas about evolution and creating a cosmological model?

• Eratosthenes

• Hipparchus

• Empedocles

• Anaximander

Which ancient Greek philosopher believed that the Earth was cylindrical in shape and surrounded by air and fire?

• Plato

• Thales

• Empedocles

• Anaximander