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Greece culture
vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Golden Age | A period of great peace and wealth. |
| Pericles | A great Athenian leader by the name of Pericles inspired the people of athen to rebuild. |
| acropolis | The hill above a Greek city on which temples were built. |
| Parthenon | The temple honoring 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. |
| sculpture | sculpture The art of creating three-dimensional figures from such materials as wood, stone and clay. |
| Socrates | A person who encourages people to question the things they thought they knew. |
| Plato | Pericles's student |
| Panathenaic Games | A series of games typically played in Greece |
| Olympics | A series of games typically played in Greece |