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Chapter 29
Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Sculpture | The art of creating three dementional figures from materials such as wood, stone, and clay |
| Socrates | A great philosopher in Athens |
| Plato | Socrate's student |
| The Panathenaic games | Athletic events to honor gods and goddesses |
| Olympics | A set of game that is played every 4 years to honor the god Zeus |
| The Golden Age | A time of great prosperity and achievement |
| Percles | A great leader that entered Athens into The Golden Age |
| Acropolis | A hill above a Greek city on which temples were built |
| Parthenon | A temple honoring the goddess Athena, built on the acropolis above Athens |
| Myth | A traditional story that helps to explain a culture's beliefs |
| Architecture | The art of designing buildings |