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CHAPTER 4
HUMANITIES
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| CLASSICAL | REFERS TO GREECE'S CONTRIBUTIONS; REFINED FORMS OF LITERARY EXPRESSION, PHILOSOPHIC, & SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY & ESTABLISHED VALUES IN ART & MUSIC |
| SIR ARTHUR EVANS | ARCHAEOLOGIST WHO LEAD EXCAVATION OF PALACE AT KNOSSOS PALACD ON THE ISLE OF CRETE |
| ARISTOTLE'S ETHICS | PHILOSOPHY OF PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN CONDUCT; GOOD LIFE IS FINAL GOAL; DEFINE YOUR EDDENCE; FUNCTION IN LIFE TO REACH |
| PROTAGONIST/ANTAGONIST | ON GREEK TRAGEDY, A LEADING CHARACTER HAS SOME TRAGIC FLAW TO WORK OUT ON THE CONFLICT WITH THE OPPOSING ONE |
| OLYMPIC GAMES | ALL GREEK FESTIVAL INSTITUTED IN 776 BCE CALLED OLYPIADES, RACES & GAMES, EVERY 4 YEARS ATHLETES WERE NUDE |
| WOMEN WITH SNAKES | BOTH RITUAL OBJECT & ART FEMAL FORM DRESSED IN FITTED OPEN BODICE & TYPICAL MINAON FLOUNCED SKIRT |
| ARISTOPHANES | CREATED GREEK COMIC PLAY "LYSISTRATA" |
| HOMER | A BLIND POET; ORALLY CREATED THE EPIC "ILIAD" & ODYSSEY" BOTH OF WHICH ARE NATIONAL POEMS OF ANCIENT GREECE THAT HELPED TO UNITED THE GREEK-SPEEKING PEOPLE BY GIVING THEM :LITERARY AUTHORITY TO THE COMMON HERITAGE" |
| HUBRIS | EXCESSIVE PRIDE |
| LION GATE | ON MAINLAND GREECE, KNOWN AS MYCENAEAN THIS WAS A GUARDIAN RELIEF SCULPTURE TO THE CITADEL ENTRANCE |
| SCHLIEMANN | HE WAS INSPIRED BY HOMER; LOCATED WHAT SEEMED TO BE THE CITY OF TROY IN PRESENT DAY TURKEY & KNOWN FOR HIS EXCAVATION OF CITADEL AT MYCANAE IN GREECE |
| PLATO | STUDENT OF SOCRATES WHO WROTE THE REPUBLIC, "ALLEGORY OF THE CAVE" (THE PSYCHE IMPRISONED WITHIN THE BODY) |
| ILIAD | FIRST OF SO CALLED HOMERIC EPICS THAT TAKES PLACE IN THE LAST DAYS OF THE TROJAN WAR & IS THE STORY OF ACHILLES |
| ODYSSEY | RECOUNTS THE LONG ADVENTUROUS JOURNEY OF ODYSSEUS AFTER THE TOJAN WAR TO RETURN HOME TO ITHACA |
| 3 MAIN TRAGIC PLAY WRITES | AESCHYLUS, SOPHOCLES, & EURIPIDES |
| SOCRATES | ATHEN'S FOREMOST PHILOSOPHER; SAID TO "KNOW THYSELF"; DIALECTICAL METHOS OF QUESTIONING |
| PYTHAGORAS | BELIEVED ALL UNIVERSAL RELATIONS MAY BE EXPRESSED THROUGH NUMBERS; HE WAS THE FATHER OF PURE MATHEMATICS |
| GREEK DRAMA | A FORM OF A PLAY OR ACTION ASSUMED ONE OF 2 PRINCIPLE FORMS: TRAGEDY OR COMEDY MUSIC, DANCE, & SONG WERE ESSENTIAL TO DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE; ACTORS WERE ALL MEN |
| HERODOTUS | FIRST KNOWN HISTORIAN (FATHER OF HISTORY) HE BELIEVED THAT HISTORY SHAPED THE GREEK NATIONAL INDENTITY |
| MINOAN | A CULTURE THAT BEGAN ON THE ISLAND OF CRETE NAMES FOR LEGENDARY KING MINOS WHO LIVED AT KNOSSOS |
| DEMOCRACY | DESCRIBES A GOVERNMENT IN WHICH THE PEOPLE, DEMOS, HOLD THE POWER, "KRATOS" |
| BULL LEAPING | MOST FAMOUS WALL PAINTING FROM CRETE EXPRESSES LEGENDARY MINOTAUR SACRIFICE |
| PROTAGORAS | AN EARLY SOPHIST, WHO SAID; "MAN IS THE MEASURE OF ALL THINGS" |
| MASK OF AGAMEMNON | GOLD FUNERARY MASK FROM ROYAL TOMB DISCOVERED IN THE MYCENAEAN BEE HIVE TOMB BY SCHLIEMANN |
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