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Greece part two
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| direct democracy | a government in which citizens rule directly rather than through representatives |
| classical art | the art of ancient Greece and Rome,in which harmony,order,and proportion were emphasized |
| tragedy | a serious form of drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character |
| peloponnesian war | a war,lasting from 431 to 404 B.C in which Athens and its allies were defeated by Sparta and its allies |
| philosopher | a thinker who used logic and reason to investigate the nature of the universe,human society and morality |
| Socrates | one critic of sophists |
| Plato | in 20's when he wrote the conversation of Socrates he wrote his most famous of work "the republic" |
| Aristotle | questioned the nature of the world.His work provide the basis of scientific method used today |
| parthenon | a master piece of architectural design &craftsmanship,was not unique in style |
| Aristophanes | wrote the first great comedies for the stage.(" the bird" & "Lysistrata") |
| sophocles | wrote more than 100 plays ("Oedipus the king & Antigone") |
| euripides | author of the play (medea),often featured strong women in his works |
| aeschylus | wrote more than 80 plays,most famous work is the trilogy a 3 play series oresteia. oresteia trilogy |
| thueydides | he believed that certain types of events &political situations reason over time.the approaches Thucydides used in his work still guide historian today |
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