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Vocabulary
Great Thinkers
Greek Gods and Goddesses
Comedy/Tragedy
Miscellaneous
100
A short tale that teaches a lesson
What is a fable?
100
"love of wisdom
What is philosophy?
100
The goddess of love and beauty
Who is Aphrodite?
100
Modern examples of drama include
What are movies and plays.
100
The three types of columns the Greeks used in their buildings
What is Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian
200
The custom of passing along stories by speech
What is the oral tradition?
200
Thinkers that created new bodies of knowledge through teaching subjects such as history, political science, biology, and logic.
What are philosophers?
200
The goddess of hunt and wild animals ; twin sister of Apollo
Who is Artemis?
200
What are the two types of drama that the Greeks performed at religious festivals?
What are comedy and tragedy?
200
This philosopher taught that the universe was governed by the same laws as music and numbers
Who was Pythagoras?
300
A traditional story about a gods or goddesses.
What is myth
300
A traveling professional teacher- thought that people should use knowledge to improve themselves. They believed there was no right or wrong.
What is a sophist?
300
The highest mountain in Greece, believed to be home to the gods.
What is Mount Olympus?
300
The best know dramatist that wrote Greek comedy was
Who is Aristophanes?
300
Who is considered to be the "father of history"
Who is Thucydides?
400
A long poem about heroic deeds
What is an epic?
400
A way of teaching by asking questions that is still used today.
What is the Socratic Method?
400
Through mythology, the Greek people expressed their....
What is religious beliefs (part of culture) ?
400
The three best known dramatist who wrote Greek tragedies
Who were Aeschylus, Euripides,and Sophocles?
400
This Greek Poet wrote several epic poems about heroic deeds, Illiad and the Odyssey
Who was Homer?
500
A priest or priestess who could tell the future
What is an oracle
500
This student of Socrates wrote the Republic
who is Plato?
500
The children of Zeus
Who are Artemis, Apollo, Athena, Hermes, Ares and Aphrodite?
500
A Greek Comedy was a popular and influential form of theatre performed across ancient Greece from the 6th century BCE it aim was to
What is poked fun at politicians, philosophers, and fellow artists.
500
Greece's northern neighbor and homeland of Alexander the Great.
What is Macedonia