Mythology
Belief in many gods
What is Polytheism?
Public religious meetings began with this...
Prayers and animal sacrifices
The 3 main philosophers in your notes
Socrates, Plato, Aristotle
Vowels.
Greeks began to look for this kind of causes instead of the gods.
Natural
This is the way the Greeks believed the way their gods existed
Human Like Form
These were maintained in private homes for families to honor their gods.
Household shrines
Method used of asking question after question to force people to think more clearly.
Socratic Method
Homers poems reflected these figures controlled Greek human lives:
The gods.
This area of math helped the Greeks build temples
Geometry
If you tell these stories make sure you tell them the correct way because the gods and heroes might be upset with you.
What is Mythology?
Greek athletes displayed this at contests to honor their gods.
Skills and strength
This guy wrote a book called "The Republic".
Plato
This greek writer is called "the father of history"
Herodotus
This Greek doctor wrote many medical books and trained new doctors
Hippocrates
One of these does NOT belong as a purpose of Greek Myths:
1.Explaining changing of the seasons.
2. Teaching moral lessons
3. Predicting the weather scientifically
4. Tellings stories of heroic strength.
Number 3
This is how often the Ancient Olympic games took place.
Every 4 years.
Corrupting the young.
Homers most famous epic poems
Iliad and Odyssey
Greek approach of using reason and observation instead of myths formed the basis of:
Modern Science
True or false: Greek myths and stories are still read and retold today.
True
Meetings, prayers, and animals sacrifices with others out of the house are all examples of this:
Public Religion.
According to Plato, these people should lead city-states.
Philosopher-Kings
The Greeks borrowed writing symbols from this group of people
Most ancient peoples believed everyday events like the rising sun were caused by:
Gods or spirits