Vocabulary
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Socrates student
Who is Plato?
100
A long poem told about heroic deeds
What is an epic?
100
Greek word for love of wisdom
What is philosophy?
100
He became king at age 20
Who is Alexander the Great?
100
They produced a large body of literature during the Hellenistic Era
What are writers?
200
A famous city in Egypt
What is Alexandria?
200
This was used as part of the Greeks religious festivals
What is drama?
200
They were at the top of Plato's ideal government
What is rulers and philosophers?
200
The center of business and trade
What is Alexandria?
200
Plays of the Hellenistic Era were based on this
What is love and relationships?
300
A short story that teaches a lesson
What is a fable?
300
The most important gods and goddesses liver here
Where is Mt. Olympus?
300
Aristotle's idea that a person should do nothing in excess
What is the "golden mean"?
300
Alexander's legacy
What is his skill and daring?
300
The mathematics of spheres and cylinders?
What is solid geometry?
400
A sacred shrine
What is an oracle?
400
Two types of dramas developed the the Greeks
What are tragedies and comedies?
400
The "father of history"
Who is Herodotus?
400
Government business in the four kingdoms was conducted in this language
What is Greek?
400
Happiness is the goal of life
What is Epicureanism?
500
He wrote about the Pelopponesian Wars
Who is Herodotus?
500
Material in which columns were first made of
What is wood?
500
the greatest historian
Who is Thucydides?
500
The time was Greek language and idea spread to non-Greek areas
What is the Hellenistic Era?
500
He wrote the epic poem Argonautica
Who is Appolonius?
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