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What the Hellas was I Thinking?

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What the Hellas was I Thinking game quiz
"Identify these famous Greeks who lived in the ancient land of Hellas. See if you agree that some of their thinking was a bit flawed."

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  



1. Although better known for a math theorem, I also believed that numbers are the true expression of reality, and that every celestial body produced a distinct tone.
    Democritus
    Diogenes
    Pythagoras
    Anaximenes


2. Although I do deserve to be called "The Father of Medicine" I was totally mistaken about body humors.
    Hippocrates
    Hipparchus
    Galen
    Anaximander


3. Thales here. I am the earliest known philosopher. I thought all things in nature derive from this substance because it comes in many forms - liquid, solid, and vapor.
    water
    fire
    air
    earth


4. Perhaps the greatest ancient Athenian statesman, I made a major political blunder when I fell in love with a courtesan named Aspasia.
    Pericles
    Solon
    Draco
    Cleisthenes


5. Some say I drank the hemlock to prove a point, while others say it was the action of a sick old man.
    Answer: (One Word)


6. I became one of the leaders of Athens after Pericles died. I almost persuaded the Assembly to order the massacre of all of the people in Mytilene because they wanted to withdraw from the Delian League.
    Epaminondas
    Leonidas
    Cleon
    Demosthenes


7. People may know me as the Father of Scientific History. However, I also was an Athenian general who was banished for the fall of Amphipolis during the Peloponnesian War.
    Herodotus
    Thucydides
    Heraclitus
    Democritus


8. Known as the Father of Greek Tragedy, I got into all kinds of trouble because some people thought I revealed some sworn secrets in my plays.
    Euripides
    Aristophanes
    Sophocles
    Aeschylus


9. The leader of the Argo, I persuaded Medea to help me steal the Golden Fleece.
    Answer: (One Word)


10. Socrates was my teacher, but it was NOT his fault that I turned out to be a traitor to Athens.
    Alcibiades
    Aristotle
    Plato
    Diogenes


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