click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Chapter 29
Vocabulary
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| The Golden Age | A period of great peace and great wealth. Between479-431 B.C.E Athens artistic & cultural center of greece |
| Pericles | An Athenian leader |
| Acropolis | The hill above a Greek city on which the temples were built |
| Parthenon | The temple honoring the Godess Athena, built on the acropolis above Athens |
| Myth | A traditional story that helps explain a cultures belif |
| Architecture | The art of designing buildings |
| Sculpture | The art of creating three dimensional figures from such materials as wood, stone,& clay |
| Socrates | Was always encouraging people to question what they thought they knew. He was a wise philosopher |
| Plato | Plato was a student of Socrates & Plato taught Aristole |
| The Pantheniac Games | It was an athletic event held in honor of the Gods and Godesses |
| Olympics | a set of games held every four years in Olympia |