Term | Definition |
Phidias | One of the most famous sculptors in Ancient Greece |
Athena | Goddess of war and wisdom |
Nike | Goddess of victory |
Parthenon | A temple dedicated to Athena |
The Temple of Delphi | A temple that is dedicated to Apollo. People would go there for advice |
Doric columns | A column that is plain and has vertical strips. Very plain. |
Ionic columns | A column that has scrolls on the top. More decorative than the Doric |
Corinthian columns | This is a very decorative column that is the most decorative. It looks like there are leaves
on the top sides on the columns. |
Panatheniac Games | Competition games held every four years like the olympics |
Pericles | A very brave Greek commander for soldiers. |
Theater of dionysus | Where Greeks held drama and tragedy. |
oracle | A person at Delphi that speaks for Apollo. |
pediment | A part of a temple that the roof slants into a triangle. |
freize | The part of a temple that most of the metopes are sculpted |
Socrates | The most known philosopher of all time. He was the father of western philosophy. |
Plato | Another philosopher, trained by Socrates |
Aristotle | philosopher trained by plato |
Acropolis | The top of athens, on a hill, where most of the
all of the temples were. |
sculptor | a person that sculpts sculptures. |
footrace | A game in the Panatheniac games where u run |
poseidon | The greek god of the sea |
chariot races | horse on wagon races. |
philosophor | a man that loves wisdom. |
boxing | A "sport" where you basically kill and fight to the death with out weapons. |