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Humanities Ch. 3
Adventures of the Human Spirit
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| mycenaean | the warrior civilization that inhabited fortified palace cities on the greek mainland |
| holmer | the greatest poet of the greek language, he was known for the two remarkable poems entitled the iliad and the odyssey |
| epics | long narrative works that recount deeds on a heroic scale |
| (sappho's) lyric poetry | brief, often written for a specific occasion, and expressed the speaker's inner thoughts and feelings more directly than the epic |
| rationalism | a belief that human reason is the surest source of truth about the world |
| materialist | the natural world must be derived from a primal stuff |
| monism | the belief in one god |
| pluralist | earth, air, fire, and water (four fundamental elements) |
| archaic | the greeks developed a distinctive style in the visual arts |
| naturalism | the attempt to represent objects as the appear in nature |
| kouros | the male version that was nude |
| kore | the female version of the kouros, which always had clothes on |
| golden age | a period of prosperity and accomplishment |
| netaera | a term for foreign women employed as courtesans, entertainers, and prostitutes |
| parthenon | a temple dedicated to the city's patron deity, Athena |
| classical humanism | greek's confidence grew in human power and ingenuity |
| sophocles | the most admired and prolific athenian playwright whose career coincided with the golden age |
| hubris | an arrogant pride that ignores the limits on human understanding |
| euripides | the last and great athenian tragedian, who saw the city succumb to plague, war, and internal division |
| comedy | a dramatic form that humorously portrays everyday themes and characters |
| sophists | the first philosophers to change greek society |
| socrates | examined human affairs and taught through questioning - the athenian who founded classic greek philosophy without writing a word |
| plato | the student of socrates, whose vast writing and influence make him one of histories most important philosophers - theory of forms |
| aristotle | the academy's most renowned student, who challenged plato's teachings of form |
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