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greece vocab ch 5
word | definition |
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direct democracy | a gov. in which citizens rule directly and not through representatives. |
classical art | had values of balance and proportion |
tragedy | was a serious drama about love hate war and betrayal |
comedy | contained scenes filled with slapstick situations and crude humor |
Peloponnesian War | a war lasting from 431-404 where athens and their allies were defeated by sparta and allies |
Socrates | one of the strongest critics, believed that absolute standards did not exist for truth and justice |
Plato | wrote the republic |
Aristotle | questioned the nature of the world and of human belief knowledge and thought |
Philip II | Macedonian king |
Macedonia | land north of greece had rough Mt. and cold climates |
Demosthenes | athenian orator tried to warn his country that phillip II and army posed a threat |
Alexander the Great | philips's son who proclaimed himself king of macedonia he was taught by aristotle and conquered many lands |
Darius III | Persian king |
Hellenistic | relating to the civilization language art science and literature |
Alexandria | became the foremost center of the commerce and Hellenistic delta |
Euclid | highly regarded mathematician who opend a school of geometry in Alexandria |
Archimedes | accurately estimated the valu of pi |
Colossus of Rhodes | a bronz statue that stood 100ft high |
philosophers | 'lovers of wisdom" determined to seek truth no matter where the search led them |