Culture and History
1. Brieflydescribe some (at least four) aspects of Greek culture prior to and at the timeof Socrates and Plato.
2. Whatdoes it mean to say that a culture is mythopoetic? What was the culturalsignificance of the Tales of Homer and Hesiod?
3. Before500 BC the Greeks answer to, how does one live a good life was, to follow thegods and to accept moira(fate). After 400 BC the answer tothis question was not as clear to them. Why? What had happened?
Greek Theatre
4. Whois Aristophanes, and what image does he give us of Socrates in his play TheClouds? Is this reflection of Socrates historically accurate? Explain.
The Sophists
5. Whowere the Sophists? What type of courses did the Sophists teach? (3-5 sentencereply)
6. Whatmeaning did the Sophists give to the expression might makes right?
7. Whatwere the major concerns of the Sophist?
8. Define:Cosmology, Cosmogony, and Theogony.
9. Whatdo you think Protagoras meant when he said man is the measure of all things?
10. Whatwas the principle difference between Socrates and the Sophist? What wasSocrates looking for that the Sophists were not?