"Take Me to School"
Socrates teaching method based on a question and answer format that allowed students to make observations based on reason
Socratic Method
city state consisting of a city or town and its surrounding countryside
Polis
Son of Philip who at 20 who followed his father’s dream of conquering the Persian Empire
Alexander the Great
city-state (polis) in ancient Greece, located in the region of Attica, and was the first Greek city-state to fully develop democracy
Athens
city-state (polis) in ancient Greece, had a strict militaristic society, rigid discipline, and unique political system
Sparta
Epicurus school of thought that happiness is the chief goal in life, and the way to seek it was the pursuit of pleasure
Epicureanism
military formation in which soldiers stood shoulder to shoulder for strategic purposes
Phalanx
Macedonian King who defeated the Greeks and sought to unite all Greeks in league with him to defeat Persia
Phillip II
“rule of many,” government by the people, either directly appointed or elected
Democracy
rulers who seized power by force and then maintains power by force
Tyrant
traveling teachers that believed that humans could not understand the universe and should focus on individual improvement, the proved their theories through rhetoric, or arguing their truths with others
Sophists
fortified gathering place at the top of a hill that was the site of temples and public buildings
Acropolis
age of Alexander, period when Greek language and ideas were carried into the non –Greek world
Hellenistic Era
an organized system of thought that was based on a love of wisdom
Philosophy
captive person forced to work for their Spartan conqueror
Helots
Zeno(person) school of thought, happiness achieved when people gain inner peace by living in harmony with the will of God and people should bear what life offers
Stoicism
open area could serve as a place to assemble or market
Agora
431 BC – 404 BC, weakened the major Greek states in series of infighting of Greek powers, leading to the rise of Macedonia
The Great Peloponnesian War
461 BC – 429 BC, Pericles was center of Athenian politics and Athens reached the height of their power
Age of Pericles
1 of 5 educators in Spartan society who were elected to educate the youth and the conduct of the citizens
Ephors