Details of the Assignment
Pick a person or deity. Do some research (suggested information sources are on this guide) and present the information to the class.
Some possible topics: Zeus, Hera, Apollo, Athena, Thales, Anaximander, Heraclitus, Socrates,
Democritus, Hippocrates, Plato, Aristotle, Thucydides, Aeschylus, Galen, Hesiod, Euclid, etc.
- Who is this person or deity?
- What are their origins? Where did they come from?
- What did they do or what are they responsible for doing?
- Why is this important to our understanding of Greek history? Or philosophy or religion?
Zeus
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