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web vocab
| word | definition |
|---|---|
| the golden age | a period of great peace and wealth |
| perides | a great leader |
| acropolis | a high craggy hill |
| paretheron | the temple o honoring the goddness athena built on acropolis above athens |
| myth | a traditional story that helps to explain cultures and beliefs |
| architeture | the art of desining buildings |
| olympics | games that were important that the greeks would call truce from all wars so that athletes could travel safely to the games |
| the games panthenaic | a festival that honored the gods |
| plato | a student of socrats who was inspired by many other greek thinkers |
| socrates | great philosophers in athens |
| sculpture | the art of creating threedimensional figures from such materials, as wood, stone, and clay |