Storytelling
A traditional story that explains the practices or beliefs of a people, or something in the natural world
Myth
I was found guilty of corrupting the youth of Athens and trying to cause a rebellion. I drank poison to carry out my sentence.
Socrates
The 3 types of columns the Greeks used in their buildings.
-Ionic
-Corinthian
A story meant to teach a lesson or moral
Fable
a set of promises about patient care that new doctors make when they start practicing medicine is called the ________ Oath.
Hippocratic
Hippocratic Oath
I never wrote down my teachings, I asked repeated questions, and I wanted my students to find and seek the truth.
Socrates
Where the most famous oracle in Greece was located.
Delphi
The custom of passing along stories by speech is called _______ tradition
Oral
Oral tradition
A philosophical method of repeated questioning to seek the truth is called the _________ Method
Socratic Method
I believed that society should be broken down into three groups: philosopher kings, warriors, and common people.
City destroyed by Alexander as a warning to Greeks not to rebel against Macedonian rule and to show he was ready to be king
Thebes
Epic
the art of public speaking and debate
Rhetoric
I was a philosopher taught by Socrates, started a school called the Academy, and wrote the Republic. I also wrote down Socrates' teachings.
Plato
Many scholars (people of learning) were attracted to this Egyptian city, which housed a huge library.
Alexandria
A story written in the form of a play. The Greeks created the first ones. These can be tragedies or comedies.
Drama
a Greek word that means “love of wisdom”
Philosophy
I was Alexander the Great's tutor. My ideas on government, written in my book, Politics, had a big influence on America’s founding fathers.
Aristotle
Why did Alexander establish colonies?
To help control his empire
To spread Greek culture in lands he conquered throughout Egypt, Middle East and Asia (he viewed Greek culture as the most superior)