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Greece KT ch 8
Greek Civilization Key Terms chapter 8
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| myth | a story describing the actions of Greek gods and goddesses and how they affected everyday life |
| Mount Olympus | Greece's highest mountain where they believe the 12 most important gods and goddesses lived |
| oracle | a sacred Shrine where a priest or Priestess spoke for a god or goddess |
| Athens | best known city-state of ancient Greece, recognized for its contributions to the arts and science |
| Sparta | rival city-state of Athens; valued Fitness and war over education |
| fable | a story meant to teach a lesson |
| oral tradition | the custom of passing along stories from generation to generation by speech or word of mouth |
| drama | a story written in the form of a play |
| tragedy | a play or film in which characters fail to overcome serious problems |
| comedy | a play or film that tells a humorous story |
| rhetoric | the art of public speaking and debate |
| Zeus | the god of lightning: king of all gods |
| Athena | the goddess of wisdom |
| Poseidon | the god of the sea |
| Hera | the goddess of children and marriage; wife of Zeus |
| Olympics | an athletic Festival honoring the Greek god, Zeus |
| Parthenon | a temple dedicated to the goddess, Athena and overseen by Pericles; it took 9 years to build |
| hoplites | foot soldiers of the Greek Army |
| cavalry | part of an army in which the soldiers ride horses |
| Hellenistic Era | time period following the death of Alexander during which Greek culture spread through the known world |
| Socrates | Greek philosopher who developed the Socratic method of teaching by asking critical thinking questions |
| Plato | student of Socrates who found the first University or Academy |
| Aristotle | student of Plato; studied astronomy, law, and economics |
| Aesop | storyteller whose fables or tails had moral or ethical questions |
| Hippocrates | a Greek doctor who thought that illnesses had natural causes and were not a punishment by the gods |
| Hypocratic Oath | a set of promises about patient care that new doctors make when they start practicing medicine |
| Herodotus | the first Greek historian who also wrote books about the Persian Wars |
| Pythagoras | Greek mathematician who introduced the Pythagorean theorem used in geometry |
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