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Chapter 11 Test
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| oracles | Greeks through whom the gods spoke |
| prophecy | statement of what might happen in future |
| pacratium | Olympic sport combined boxing and wrestling |
| pentathlon | Olympic sport made up of five events |
| philosophy | the love of wisdom |
| Socratic Method | a form of questioning developed by Socrates |
| hypothesis | possible explanation for a problem |
| syllogism | a form of reasoning developed by Aristotle |
| Hermes | messenger of the gods. Known for his winged sandals. Escorted souls to the underworld. |
| Zeus | King of all gods. Pictured with a thunderbolt. Led siblings in battle against Titans. |
| Aphrodite | ______________________ was known as the Goddess of love and beauty. Married to Hephaestus. Awarded the golden apple by Paris of Troy. |
| Athena | __________ was Goddess of wisdom and war. Born fully formed from Zeus's head. Turned Arachne into the first spider. |
| Apollo | _______________ was the God pf the sun and Prophecy. Twin brother to Artemis. Defeated the python and claimed Delphi for himself. He was very popular. |
| Ares | __________________ was the god of war. |
| Hephaestus | _________________ was the God of blacksmiths and fire. |
| Poseidon | The Grumpy god of the sea was _____________________. |
| Socrates | The philosopher who asked questions, encouraging people to think deeper and accepted his fate of death after trail was ____________________. |
| Plato | He was the famous student of Socrates. He set up the Academy to train government leaders. |
| Aristotle | He further developed the scientific method. Also, he made major contributions to logic with his syllogisms. |
| Thales | ___________________ was an Ionian scientist who created the first steps of the scientific method. He also correctly predicted solar eclipse, averting war. |
| Hippocrates | _________________ created an oath that guided how doctors relate to their patients. |
| Prometheus | __________________, the titan, was punished for giving fire to man and was subjected to an eternity of having his liver eaten by vultures. |
| Herakles | ________________ was the son of Zeus. He was given a dozen of seemingly impossible tasks as atonement for his crimes. |
| Sisyphus | __________________ was a king that was punished for continuing to try to outsmart the gods. |
| Icarus | This inventor's son doesn't listen to his father and flies too close to the son. |
| Pandora | ______________________ was tempted by the contents of a box. She opens the box and releases all the world's evil and suffering. |
| Orpheus | ________________ went to the underworld to rescue his love. Unfortunately, his lack of trust that she is really behind him when leaving causes him to look back and lose her again. |
| Arachne | __________________ is a seamstress that challenges the goddess Athena. When she beats Athena, Athena becomes mad and turns her into a spider. |
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