vocabulary
a story meant to teach a lesson
fable
means "love of wisdom"
philosophy
First to write a medical code of good behavior
Hippocrates
The king of the gods
Zeus
wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey
Homer
a story written in the form of a play
drama
was sentenced to death for his teachings
Socrates
He said that the sun was the center of the solar system and Earth revolves around it
Aristarchus
goddess of wisdom
Athena
a sacred shrine where a priest or priestess spoke for a god
oracle
soldiers on horseback
cavalry
One of Socrates' students who believed that philosopher kings should rule.
Plato
taught others his theories about plane geometry
Euclid
god of the underworld
Hades
two types of Greek drama
comedy and tragedy
words or actions that are part of a religious ceremony
ritual
Tutor of Alexander the Great who taught his students the “golden mean.”
Aristotle
He figured out the value of pi.
Archimedes
Hermes
Alexandria was the Greek capital of Egypt, and was most famous among scholars for its
library
the art of public speaking and debate
rhetoric
He believed that to be happy was to avoid pain.
Epicurus
He concluded that the Earth was round
Eratosthenes
god of light and prophecy
Apollo
After his death, Alexander’s empire fell apart because it was divided into ___ kingdoms.
four