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How many English words come from Ancient Greece?

12%

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Who was the blind poet who wrote the epic poems The Iliad and The Odyssey?

Homer

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Which Greek city was the birth of democracy?

Athens

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Aesop was a Greek man who wrote fables, stories that contained a moral. What was his occupation?

He was a slave.

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How many of the seven wonders of the world were located in Ancient Greece?

Three (The Colossus of Rhodes, The Temple of Artemis, and The Temple of Zeus)

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Who was the king of the Greek gods?

Zeus

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Who was the most famous Greek philosopher and teacher who taught his students to think for themselves and to question everything?

Socrates

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Where did the first Olympic Games take place?

Olympia

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The Parthenon, the famous temple built by the Greek, was dedicated to which god or goddess?

It was dedicated to Athena

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Which musical instrument did Greek boys learn first to play at school?

The lyre.

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What was the second preferred musical instrument in Athenian schools?

The flute

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What was a stylus?

it was a school object used to write on tablets and erase mistakes. It was usually made of wood, bone, or metal.

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Which school object from Ancient Greece was made out of wax and used to write on?

Tablets.

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What was a stool?

It was their 'desk'. It was made out of wood.

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Which Greek city-state didn't allow girls to attend school?

Athens

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What did Athenian boys learn at school?

They learned reading, writing, philosophy, drama, poetry, history, art, math, and how to play the lyre and the flute.

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