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Chapter 29
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Phidias | One of the most famous sculptors in Ancient Greece |
| Athena | Goddess of war and wisdom |
| Nike | Goddess of victory |
| Parthenon | A temple dedicated to Athena |
| The Temple of Delphi | A temple that is dedicated to Apollo. People would go there for advice |
| Doric columns | A column that is plain and has vertical strips. Very plain. |
| Ionic columns | A column that has scrolls on the top. More decorative than the Doric |
| Corinthian columns | This is a very decorative column that is the most decorative. It looks like there are leaves on the top sides on the columns. |
| Panatheniac Games | Competition games held every four years like the olympics |
| Pericles | A very brave Greek commander for soldiers. |
| Theater of dionysus | Where Greeks held drama and tragedy. |
| oracle | A person at Delphi that speaks for Apollo. |
| pediment | A part of a temple that the roof slants into a triangle. |
| freize | The part of a temple that most of the metopes are sculpted |
| Socrates | The most known philosopher of all time. He was the father of western philosophy. |
| Plato | Another philosopher, trained by Socrates |
| Aristotle | philosopher trained by plato |
| Acropolis | The top of athens, on a hill, where most of the all of the temples were. |
| sculptor | a person that sculpts sculptures. |
| footrace | A game in the Panatheniac games where u run |
| poseidon | The greek god of the sea |
| chariot races | horse on wagon races. |
| philosophor | a man that loves wisdom. |
| boxing | A "sport" where you basically kill and fight to the death with out weapons. |