It's called an "oracle," and it's elegant and cultural
A traditional story that explains the practices or believes of a people, or something in the natural world
Myth
The art of public speaking and debate
Rhetoric
Part of an army in which the soldiers ride horses
Cavalry
The philosophy of Epicurus, stating that the purpose of life is to look for happiness and peace
Epicureanism
Words or actions that are part of a religious ceremony
Ritual
Greek teachers of philosophy, reasoning, and public speaking
Sophists
The time period following the death of Alexander during which Greek culture spread through the known world
Hellenistic Era
The philosophy of the Stoics who believed that people should not try to feel joy or sadness
Stoicism
A sacred shrine where a priest or priestess spoke for a god or goddess
Oracle
Philosophical method of questioning to gain truth
Socratic method
To follow in order to capture or defeat
Pursue
The outer border of a circle; the measurement of that border
Circumference
A story meant to teach a lesson
Fable
A set of promises about patient care that new doctors make when they start practicing medicine
Hippocratic Oath
To make or produce something; to bring something into existence
Create
A branch of mathematics centered around measurement and relationships of points, lines, angles, and surfaces of figures on a plane
Plane geometry
The custom of passing along stories by speech
Oral tradition
To observe or study by examining closely and questioning systematically
Investigate
By choice of free will; willingly
Voluntarily
A branch of mathematics about measurement and relationships of points, lines, angles, surfaces, and solids in three-dimensional space
Solid geometry