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World History Greek
The vocabulary on the study guide for World History Chapter 3, 2019
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Socrates | A Greek teacher and philosopher who is know for his saying "know thyself" and died by drinking poison. |
| Plato | Socrates's most famous pupil. He started a school of philosophy and studied the best type of government. |
| Aristotle | Attended Plato's school. He taught syllogism, and he also taught Alexander the Great. |
| Agamemnon | Commander of the Greek army during the Trojan War. |
| Odysseus(Ulysses) | The main character in the Odyssey, he was a hero in the Trojan War. |
| Marathon | A famous battle where the Greeks beat the Persians against all odds. A messenger running 25 miles to Athens to tell of the victory, and died on the spot. This is where we get the name of the footrace from. |
| Euclid | The Father of Geometry, he wrote the book "Elements," and founded a school in Alexandria. |
| Xerxes | Persian who tried to conquer Greece after his father's failure to do so. |
| Solon | Athenian who created Democracy. |
| Homer | Blind poet who wrote the Iliad and Odyssey. |
| Philip II | United Macedonia and started capturing Greece. |
| syllogism | A three step logical thinking process. Example (1) all Greeks are human. (2) Aristotle is Greek. (3) Therefore, Aristotle is human. |
| Athena | The Greek god of wisdom. Athens was named after her. She was also Zeus's favorite child, and was born out of his forehead. |
| Zeus | The king of all Greek gods. |
| Peloponnesian War | A Greek war between Sparta and Athens. |
| anthropomorphism | The term used for gods with human features and forms. |
| Achilles | A nearly indestructible mythological warrior who was supposedly dipped in the river Styx, which made him invulnerable, except for his heal. He was killed in the Trojan War. |
| Paris | Kidnapped Hellen ( the Greek Queen) and started the Trojan War. |
| Hippocrates | The Father of Medicine, he taught that illnesses were not curses, but natural, and can be cure with rest and dieting. He shared his finding with other physicians. |
| Parthenon | A spectacular temple built for Athena. One of the Greeks' greatest architectural feats. |
| Athens | A Greek city where creativity is supported; it was also a democracy and it abolished slavery. |
| Minoans | Earliest civilization in Greece, located on Crete. |
| Sophocles | A Greek famous for his tragic dramas and plays. |
| Mycenaean | Also an early Greek civilization founded more on mainland Greece. |
| philosophers | "lovers of wisdom," tried to find the answers to questions like "Where did I come from?" using man's reasoning ability. |
| Sparta | A Greek, warlike city, where boys and men trained for war from the age of 7 to the age of 60. Women had much better rights here than most places. |
| Hellenic | A term used to refer to the Greek culture, because the Greeks called their land Hellas and themselves Hellenes . |
| Thermopylae | A battle place where the outnumbered Greeks held a mountain pass against the Persians, but had to sacrifice 300 soldiers when a traitor told the Persians a way to flank the Greeks. |
| acropolis | Greeks called their city at the bottom of the hill "polis", and their fortification on top of the hill "acropolis" |
| Iliad and Odyssey | The only known records made during the Greek Dark Ages, these books were written by Homer. |
| Zeno | Founded Stoicism. His teaching had more impact on Romans than Greeks, but he taught that man must accept fate and live a life of duty and self-control. |
| Pericles | An influential leader of Athens. |
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