Download Who Am I? (warmUP) Directions: Read each statement and on the

Who Am I? (warmUP)
Directions: Read each statement and on the blank write the name of the famous Greek associated with it. Hint:
All these famous people can be found within Chapter 5 of your textbook!
1.
I created the statue of Zeus that is one of the ancient wonders of the world. My most famous statue is of
Athena housed in the Parthenon. I am considered to be the most famous of Greek sculptors. Who am I?
__________________________
2. I am considered the “father of medicine” because I attributed disease to natural, not “supernatural”
causes. I also created the oath that became the ethical standard for doctors. Who am I?
_________________________
3. I discovered important mathematical principles you use today in Geometry. I created the formula (a + b
= c) used to calculate the sides of a right triangle. Who am I? _____________________
4. I am a mathematician and physicist. I discovered important principles regarding the lever, the pulley,
and specific gravity. Who am I? _____________________
5. I collected and organized all existing knowledge about Geometry. I wrote a book called, The Elements,
that is the basis for the Geometry you use today.
Who am I? _______________________
6. I wrote Greek tragedies. My most famous novel, Antigione, tells what happens when a person’s moral
duty conflicts with the law. I am ___________________.
7. I also wrote tragedies. I wrote more than 80! But only 7 exist in your world today. My most famous is,
The Oresteia. I am ___________________________.
8. I am known as the “father of history.” I described the Persian invasion of Greece. So what if I
embellished some of the facts with fable, superstition, and hearsay. I am the one and only
_________________.
9. I am considered the first “scientific historian” because my account of the Peloponnesian War is accurate
and impartial. I am ________________________.
10. I said the earth was the center of the universe. Many people believed this for many centuries. Who am
I? ________________________
11. I founded the Academy in 387 BCE and wrote The Republic. Who am I?_______________________
12. I encouraged my students to think about their moral character. I used a question-and-answer approach
to teach which would later be named after me. Unfortunately, I was brought to trial and found guilty for
“corrupting the youth”. I later died by drinking poison. Who am I? __________________________
13. I invented a method for arguing according to the rules of logic. Later, I would open my own school
called the Lyceum and Alexander the Great will become one of my students. Who am I?
___________________
Famous Greeks
Greek Scientists
Archimedes
Science
Explained lever and pulley; used
Principles of physics to make
Practical inventions.
Euclid
Mathematics
Wrote The Elements which became
The basis for modern geometry;
Collected and organized all existing
Knowledge about geometry.
Hippocrates
Medicine
Studied the causes and cures for
Illness; created and oath that became
The ethical standard for doctors
(called the Hippocratic Oath) doctors
Take a similar oath today.
Pythagoras
Mathematics
Created (a + b = c) that is still used
To calculate the sides of a right
Triangle.
Ptolemy
Astronomy
Claimed the earth was the center of
The universe
Greek Playwrights
Aeschylus
Wrote tragedies, like The Oresteia. Only seven of his plays exist today. (It is
believed he wrote more than 80)
Sophocles
Wrote tragedies. Wrote Antigione – this play is about what happens when a
person’s moral duty conflicts with the law.
Greek Sculptors
Phidias
Most famous for statue of the goddess Athena that was in the Parthenon. Also
made statue of Zeus at Olympia which is one of the Ancient Wonders of the
World. No original pieces of Phidias’ work can be found today but there are
many copies made by the Romans and many ancient writers described his art in
their written work.
Greek Historical Writers
Thucydides
The first “scientific historian” because of his accurate and impartial accounts of
the Peloponnesian War.
Herodotus
Considered the “father of history” for taking account of the Persian invasions of
Greece. His work embellished facts with fable, superstition, and hearsay.