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What is an epic?
a long poem
Who were sophist?
professional teachers
What is a legacy?
What a person leaves behind when they die
Who was Theocritus?
A poet
Who were socrates?
A Athenian sculptor whose true love was philsophy.
What is oracle?
priest that spoke for a God or Goddes
Who was the greatest historian of all time?
Thucydides.
Did Macedonia attack Greece or did Greece attack Macedonia?
macedonia attacked greece
What is plane geometry?
a branch of math that relates to lines, angle, points and surfaces.
Alexidrandia was what?
The most important city in the ancient world
What is a drama?
a story told by actor who pretend to be characters in a story
What does philosophy mean?
love of wisdom
Who did Phillip II admire?
the greeks
Who was most famous mathematician?
Euclud
What was one of Plato's ideas?
Ex: He didn't think democracy was a fair government.
Greek temples were decorated with what?
sculpture
What did Aristole do?
wrote more than 200 books.
public speaking and being a lawyer.
Who was the most famous scientist of the Hellenistic Era?
Archimedes
Why did Alexander's empire fall?
the generals fought with one another.
when did greeks begin to use marble?
500 b.c
What did sophist believe?
that gods and goddess did not influence people.
Alexander's conquest marked what?
The beginning of the Hellenistic era?
What did Epicurus do?
founded epicureanism
What does Hellenistic mean?
"like the greeks"