Chapter 3: Ancient Greek Civilization
1. During the Mycenaean civilization, who was the great poet and what were his two important
literary works that influenced the Greeks and formed part of Western literature? Homer, Iliad
and the Odyssey
2. In a period known as the Dark Ages from 1100 B.C. to 800 B.C., life reverted to simpler forms and
people lived in relative isolation.
3. The period from the 9th to the 6th century B.C. is known as the Archaic Age
4. A typical Greek city-state would have a fortified hilltop known as the acropolis and the city
market would be located in the agora
5. The Greek deities were anthropomorphic because they had human qualities in their
personalities and bodies
6. Two of the Greek attitudes toward life were optimist and egoists
7. Epic poetry are long poetic narrations of heroic feats and the most famous was a blind epic poet
called Homer who became known for the two most famous epic poems of the Iliad and the
Odyssey
8. The main protagonist of the Iliad is Achilles , and of the Odyssey is Odysseus who blinds the
Cyclops Polyphemus
9. Explain the historical importance of Homer’s epic poems for the ancient Greeks. Homers epic
poems became important to ancient Greeks because it gave them the shaping of their religion
and spirit. It became a center piece for their education and the main characters became role
models because of the ideals they followed.
10. With Homer the beginnings of humanistic outlook consist of a concern with human beings and
their achievements, as he focuses his attention on human characters, demonstrating that Greek
quality of interest in humanity or human nature, even the gods are anthropomorphic.
11. Explain the difference between the central theme of the Iliad and the Odyssey In the Iliad the
main theme was about how doing things in anger will only result in anger while in the Odyssey
the theme revolved around loyalty and patience and ethics.
12. A unique way in which the Greeks were the first to comprehend the reality they observed and
tried to understand, was systematic thought or speculation
13. The Greek philosophy begins with the Ionian Milesian school in the 7th century B.C.
14. Why is the Greek discovery of philosophy important? Explain in your own words The discovery of
philosophy is important because it allowed them to break from supernatural thinking and begin
to think logically.
15. Explain the principle of exclusion, and why it is important for the progress of man It means that
only one explanation is the truth and leaves not room for any other explanation that does not
satisfy. It helped them to better understand reality and be able to achieve progress.
16. The idea of the atom was created by Democritus
17. Total relativism is a characteristic of the philosophy Sophists
18. According to Socrates, what is the method or means by which man can come to know universal
truth that does not change? Explain it. Rational discussion is what helps you get to the ultimate
truth. You have to ask questions about specific things, you need to remove the false part of the
answer, and continue asking questions to get more answers and removing those false parts will
be some of the ways to get to the truth.
19. As Socrates, Plato believed that true virtue is based on knowledge. This Knowledge comes from
the rational; apprehension of the eternal ideas of goodness and justice
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1. During the Mycenaean civilization, who was the great poet and what were his two important
literary works that influenced the Greeks and formed part of Western literature? Homer, Iliad
and the Odyssey
2. In a period known as the Dark Ages from 1100 B.C. to 800 B.C., life reverted to simpler forms and
people lived in relative isolation.
3. The period from the 9th to the 6th century B.C. is known as the Archaic Age
4. A typical Greek city-state would have a fortified hilltop known as the acropolis and the city
market would be located in the agora
5. The Greek deities were anthropomorphic because they had human qualities in their
personalities and bodies
6. Two of the Greek attitudes toward life were optimist and egoists
7. Epic poetry are long poetic narrations of heroic feats and the most famous was a blind epic poet
called Homer who became known for the two most famous epic poems of the Iliad and the
Odyssey
8. The main protagonist of the Iliad is Achilles , and of the Odyssey is Odysseus who blinds the
Cyclops Polyphemus
9. Explain the historical importance of Homer’s epic poems for the ancient Greeks. Homers epic
poems became important to ancient Greeks because it gave them the shaping of their religion
and spirit. It became a center piece for their education and the main characters became role
models because of the ideals they followed.
10. With Homer the beginnings of humanistic outlook consist of a concern with human beings and
their achievements, as he focuses his attention on human characters, demonstrating that Greek
quality of interest in humanity or human nature, even the gods are anthropomorphic.
11. Explain the difference between the central theme of the Iliad and the Odyssey In the Iliad the
main theme was about how doing things in anger will only result in anger while in the Odyssey
the theme revolved around loyalty and patience and ethics.
12. A unique way in which the Greeks were the first to comprehend the reality they observed and
tried to understand, was systematic thought or speculation
13. The Greek philosophy begins with the Ionian Milesian school in the 7th century B.C.
14. Why is the Greek discovery of philosophy important? Explain in your own words The discovery of
philosophy is important because it allowed them to break from supernatural thinking and begin
to think logically.
15. Explain the principle of exclusion, and why it is important for the progress of man It means that
only one explanation is the truth and leaves not room for any other explanation that does not
satisfy. It helped them to better understand reality and be able to achieve progress.
16. The idea of the atom was created by Democritus
17. Total relativism is a characteristic of the philosophy Sophists
18. According to Socrates, what is the method or means by which man can come to know universal
truth that does not change? Explain it. Rational discussion is what helps you get to the ultimate
truth. You have to ask questions about specific things, you need to remove the false part of the
answer, and continue asking questions to get more answers and removing those false parts will
be some of the ways to get to the truth.
19. As Socrates, Plato believed that true virtue is based on knowledge. This Knowledge comes from
the rational; apprehension of the eternal ideas of goodness and justice
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