| Term | Definition |
|---|
| palimpsest | a prayer book made of goatskin |
| tragedy | a story with an unhappy ending |
| satyr | a greek god with strong desires for a woman |
| trio | a group of three |
| deity | a god or goddess |
| peninsula | a piece of land almost totally surrounded by water |
| magistrate | a civil officer or lay judge who administers the law |
| philosopher | a person who enjoys questioning the world around them and how it works |
| aristocratic | grand, stylish; something consider the best of its kind |
| fortress | a military stronghold; an area strongly protected by a wall |
| sculpture | the art of making 2 or 3-dimensional representations of the world or the artist's ideas |
| doric | a plain, sturdy column with a plain capital |
| ionic | a taller, thinner column with scroll shapes on its capital |
| corinthian | a thinner column with its capital decorated with leaves |
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