Greek Vocab
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kkeegs42 on May 1, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 syllogism | a method of reasoning that uses three related statements |
| Delphi | considered the center of the world and the home to the most famous Greek oracle |
| Delian League | A protective group formed after the Persian Wars and run by the Athenians to protect against international invasion |
| Olympics | sporting events that took place every four years to honor Zeus. Open to Greek men who spoke Greek. |
| hypothesis | possible explanation |
| Socratic Method | step by step questions that help people arrive at a particular conclusion |
| Aristotle | student of Plato who taught Alexander the great. Created the Scientific Method and Syllogism |
| Plato | student of Socrates who started a school of philosophy to train government officials |
| Socrates | studied truth and created a method of questioning people in order to arrive at the truth |
| oracle | person who can talk to the gods and communicate the gods message |
| comedy | a play with a happy ending that takes place in the present |
| tragedy | story which is about suffering and takes place in the past |
| Hippocrates | founder of scientific medicine |
| soliquy | a talk in which personal thoughts or feelings are expressed to the audience |
| philosophers | people who search for knowledge and wisdom |
| Pericles | Athenian leader who helped rebuild Athens following the Persian Wars |
| acropolis | fortified hill in a city state which held important buildings like a temple |
| Peaon | Greek song of victory |
| hoplite | heavily armored Greek foot soldier |
| Democratic Republic | A government in which the people elect representatives to vote on their behalf in government |
| Tropion | Battlefield trophy created by the winner of the battle and using the panoply of the loser |
| Myth | Story of of Greek Gods that have a moral and teach us about the values of the Greeks |
| Battle of Salamis | smaller, faster Greek navy battles 600 Persian ships in the shallow waters off the Athenian coast |
| Battle of Thermopylae | King Xerxes of Persia is forced to fight an outnumbered band of Greeks in a narrow mountain pass |
| Battle of Marathon | Battle between the Persians and the Athenians to protect Athens from Persian attack 26 miles away |
| democracy | all people have an equal voice in government |
| oligarchy | rule by a few people |
| helots | enslaved people in Sparta |
| agora | marketplace |
| polis | city-state |
| Apollo | God of the sun and prophecy |
| Sparta | A Greek polis that was a diarchy. it had a population of 8,000 and was good at war |
| Athens | A Greek Polis run by a democracy. Population 40,000 and extremely smart. |
| Corinth | The polis that specialized at trading. It was an Oligarchy. |
| Thebes | They farmed. And they were a Federal Monarchy |
| Argos | The artsy city of 20,000 that was a democratic republic. |
| federal monarchy | Ruled by a king |
| Alcibiades | Traitorous Greek during the Peloponnesian War. Betrayed Athens to the Spartans after being accused of destroying Hermes Statues. |
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