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WorksheetsPeople of Ancient Greece
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
Which Athenian Tyrant was known for his harsh laws?
Solon
Draco
Leonidas
Pericles
This Greek sculptor created the statue of Athena Parthenos
Michelangelo
Phidias
Socrates
Sophocles
This Greek author was known for his epic poems, including The Iliad
Thucydides
Socrates
Sophocles
Homer
This Greek statesmen led Athens during its Golden Age
Herodotus
Hippocrates
Pericles
Solon
This Athenian Tyrant abolished the practice of selling oneself as a slave to pay debt
Solon
Pericles
Zeus
Draco
This Greek is referred to as the "Father of History"
Hippocrates
Euripides
Herodotus
Pericles
This Greek playwright, the "Father of Tragedy" wrote a play called "The Persians"
Sophocles
Thucydides
Herodotus
Aeschylus
This Greek playwright authored several plays dealing with King Oedipus, most famously, Oedipus Rex
Thucydides
Sophocles
Aristotle
Homer
This latest of the three philosophers tutored Alexander the Great
Socrates
Sophocles
Plato
Aristotle
This Greek philosopher was famous for asking his students questions and believed that "the unexamined life was not worth living"
Plato
Socrates
Alexander the Great
Phidias
This Greek historian wrote the "History of the Peloponnesian War"
Sophocles
Herodotus
Thucydides
Pericles
This king led the Spartans at Thermopylae in the 2d Persian War
Draco
Solon
Pericles
Leonidas
This King of Persia waged the 2d Persian War
Darius
Xerxes
Cyrus
Zoroaster
This Greek Scientist invented the Screw pump and the Heat Ray - he also discovered buoyancy
Hippocrates
Archimedes
Socrates
Phidias
