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1. Socrates the philosopher had a day job--as a stonemason and sculptor. Some of his work (according to tradition) is said to have included statues of the Three Graces. Near which landmark in ancient Athens did these statues stand?
2. Science was an area of interest to many of the Greek philosophers--even though some of their conclusions were incorrect. Which one, in his "History of Animals", said that human men had more teeth than human women.
3. Socrates, in addition to being a philosopher, was also a war veteran. In which war or wars did he fight on the side of the Athenian army?
4. Much of what we know about Socrates was written by his pupil and friend, Plato. Plato wrote many dialogues that featured Socrates as the main speaker. Which dialogue, that included the allegory of the cave, was Plato's description of the ideal government?
5. In one of his dialogues, Plato discusses different forms of government: the aristocracy (rule by the best), timocracy (rule by honorable warriors), oligarchy (rule by the few), democracy (rule by the many), and tyranny (rule by one). Which city-state would provide the best example of a timocracy?
6. Plato the philosopher was heavily influenced by the philosophy of this man (no, not Socrates), who today is best known for his theorem about right-angled triangles. Who was he?
7. The Greeks established colonies in many places outside the boundaries of modern Greece. The philosopher Plato visited the court of Dion to tutor the future ruler Dionysus II. Of which city was Dion the ruler?
8. A famous ruler often has a good teacher. Which famous ruler was tutored as a teenager by Aristotle?
9. Aristotle studied many areas of science. In one instance, he added to the ideas of Empedocles, who felt that all matter was made up of four elements. Which was NOT one of Empedocles's four elements?
10. On his deathbed, Socrates is supposed to have said, "Crito, we owe a rooster to Asclepius. Please, don't forget to pay the debt." Asclepius is one of the lesser known gods of Greek mythology. Of what was he the god?
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