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WHAT IS COMEDY ?
COMEDY IS A HUMOROUS PLAY THAT S USUALLY HAS A HAPPY ENDING.
TWO FACTS ABOUT THE DELIAN LEAGUE?
*In 480, the Persian king Xerxes invaded Greece, defeated his enemies at Artemisium and Thermopylae, and sacked Athens.
*the great king recalled many troops. This gave the Greeks the breathing space they needed, and they defeated Xerxes.
WHAT IS THE MENING OF MULTICULTURAL ?
*(relating to or constituting several cultural or ethnic groups within a society.)*
DICTATORSHIP ?
A GOVERNING SYSTEM IN WHICH ABSOLUTE POWER IS HELD BY ONE PERSON.
HOW DID GREEK CITY STATES GAIN POLITICAL POWER ?
Greek city-states had various types of government: monarchy, oligarchy, and direct democracy. Over time, the male citizens of Athens gained the power to make political decisions. Athens is often called the birthplace of democracy.
WHAT WHAT IS THE MEANING OF VETO ?
TO PREVENT FROM BECOMING A LAW .
WHO ARE SOME PHILOSOPHERS IN ANCIENT GREECE ?
PLATO,Pythagoras,Aristotle AND MORE.
FACTS ABOUT EUCLID ?
Euclid, sometimes called Euclid of Alexandria to distinguish him from Euclid of Megara, was a Greek mathematician, often referred to as the "founder of geometry" or the "father of geometry". He was active in Alexandria during the reign of Ptolemy I.
DIRECT DEMOCRACY ?
Direct democracy or pure democracy is a form of democracy in which people decide on policy initiatives directly. This differs from the majority of currently established democracies, which are representative democracies.
HOW DID GREEK CULTURE AFFECT MODERN TIMES ?
The Greeks made important contributions to philosophy, mathematics, astronomy, and medicine. Literature and theatre was an important aspect of Greek culture and influenced modern drama. ... Greek culture influenced the Roman Empire and many other civilizations, and it continues to influence modern cultures today.
WHAT IS THE MEANING OF TRAGEDIES ?
SERIOUS PLAYS IN WHICH THE MAIN CHARACTER SUFFERS AND USUALLY DIES AT THE END.
FACTS ABOUT SOCRATES ?
Socrates was a classical Greek philosopher credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy, and as being the first moral philosopher of the Western ethical tradition of thought.
FACTS ABOUT ARCHIMEDES ?
Archimedes of Syracuse was a Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer. Although few details of his life are known, he is regarded as one of the leading scientists in classical antiquity.
DEMAGOGUE ?
a political leader who seeks support by appealing to the desires and prejudices of ordinary people rather than by using rational argument.
WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THE WORD MERCENARIES ?
SOLDIERS WHO FIGHT IN FOREIGN ARMIES FOR PAY.
FACTS ABOUT PLATO ?
Plato was an Athenian philosopher during the Classical period in Ancient Greece, founder of the Platonist school of thought, and the Academy, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world.
FACTS ABOUT HYPATIA ?
The established facts of Hypatia's life are essentially these: (1) She was the daughter of Theon of Alexandria. (2) She was trained as a mathematician by her father and eventually replaced him as the leading mathematician of Alexandria and, indeed as the pre-eminent mathematician of her time.
HELLENISTIC AGE ?
In consequence, the Hellenistic Period is usually accepted to begin in 323 BC with Alexander's death and ends in 31 BC with the conquest of the last Hellenistic kingdom by Rome, the Lagid kingdom of Egypt.
WHO IS A PHILOSOPHER ?
A PERSON WHO STUDIES THE NATURE OF REALITY.
FACTS ABOUT ARISTOTLE ?
Aristotle was a Greek philosopher and polymath during the Classical period in Ancient Greece. He was the founder of the Lyceum and the Peripatetic school of philosophy and Aristotelian tradition. Along with his teacher Plato, he has been called the "Father of Western Philosophy".
FACTS ABOUT ARISTARCHUS ?
Aristarchus of Samos was an ancient Greek astronomer and mathematician who presented the first known heliocentric model that placed the Sun at the center of the known universe with the Earth revolving around it
REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY ?
Representative democracy is a type of democracy founded on the principle of elected officials representing a group of people, as opposed to direct democracy.