Stories
A traditional story about gods, ancestors, or heroes, told to explain the natural world or the customs and beliefs of a society
Myths
A government in which power is in the hands of a single person
Monarchy
A humorous form of drama that offers includes slapstick and satire
Comedy
A thinker who uses logic and reason to investigate the nature of the universe, human society, and morality
Philosophers
Long narrative poem celebrating the deeds of legendary or traditional heroes
Epics
A government-controlled by its citizens, either directly or through representatives
Democracy
A serious form of drama dealing with the down-fall of a heroic or noble character
Tragedy
King of Macedonia who creates a large empire
Alexander the Great
Storyteller who wrote the epic Iliad
Homer
A government in which citizens rule directly rather than through representatives
Direct Democracy
The art of ancient Greece and Rome, in which harmony, order, and proportion were emphasized
Classical art
Student of Socrates who wrote the republic
Ann Indo-European person who settled on the Greek mainland around 2000 B.C.E.
Mycenaeans
A government in which power is in the hands of a hereditary ruling class or nobility
Aristocracy
Relating to the civilization, language, art, science, and literature of the Greek world from the reign of Alexander to the late second-century B.C.E.
Hellenistic
The philosopher who believed absolute standards did exist for truth and justice
Socrates
A powerful individual who gained control of a city-states government by appealing to the poor for support
Tyrants
A government in which power is in the hands of a few people - especially one in which rule is based upon wealth
Oligarchy
Highly regarded mathematician who taught in Alexandria and wrote the book elements
Euclid
Student of Plato who questioned the nature of the world
Aristotle
Scientist who estimated the value of Pi
Archimedes