Greek Achievements
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Famous Philosophers | Socrates, Plato, Aristotle |
| Greek statues | Very realistic, studied bodies moving to get statues perfect |
| Greek painting | Realism and detailed, pictures on vases show scenes from myths, used black and red |
| The Parthenon | Temple in Athens on the acropolis, built by Pericles to honor Athena, |
| Columns in Parthenon | Made to bulge slightly in middle so they would look perfectly straight, simple design called Doric |
| Phidias | Considered to be greatest sculptor in Greece, made statue of Athena in Parthenon |
| Doric column | Simple design with no decoration at the top |
| Greek writing | Created dramas or plays, that were tragedy and comedy , and wrote about history |
| Neutral | Unbiased, not favoring either side in a conflict |
| Greek tragedy | Plays that were about hardships faced by Greek heroes, or bad mistakes, Aeschlyus and Sophocles wrote tragedies |
| Sophocles | Wrote tragedy about a Greek hero who killed his father by mistake |
| Greek Comedy | Made fun of people and ideas, Aristophenes wrote comedy |
| Aristophenes | He Wrote comedy to make serious points about war, courts of law and famous people |
| Aeschylus | Another person besides Sophocles who wrote Greek tragedies |
| Philosphers | People who believe in the power of the human mind to think, explain and understand life |
| Socrates | Most famous philosopher, teacher and thinker, sentenced to death by poison, taught by asked questions |
| Socratic method | A type of teaching that has teacher asking questions instead of just giving information, and asking more questions after you get answers |
| Plato | Student of Socrates, teacher and philosopher, created school The Academy, wrote The Republic, wanted society to be run by philosophers |
| The Academy | School created by Plato where students, philospohers anf scientists could discuss their ideas |
| The Republic | Written by Plato, it describes his idea of ideal society that was just and fair and run by philosophers because they understand whatis best for everyone |
| Aristotle | Greatest Greek thinker, student ofPlato, taught that people should live lives of moderation or balance, logic |
| Moderation | Idea of balance, Aristotle's idea to find balance between 2 extremes, basedon reason |
| Reason | Clear and ordered thinking |
| Logic | Process of making inferences, Aristotle's idea to get information from what you already know is true |
| Example of how logic works | if you know Socrates lives in Athens and Athens is in Greece, then logic says Socrates lives in Greece |
| Euclid | Worl's greatest Mathematician, made rules for Geometry still used today, lived in Alexandria in Egypt |
| Geometry | Study of lines angles and shapes |
| Hypatia | A woman who taught about math and astronomy |
| Hippocrates | Greek doctor who worked on figuring out what caused diseases, known for ideas of how doctors should behave - ethically |
| Hippocratic Oath | A pledge doctors say to behave ethically when they finish medical school |
| Archimedes | Greek scientist who invented water screw to help bring water from lower field to higher field |
| Two types of Greek drama | Tragedy and comedy |
| Thucydides | Greek historian, wrote about Peloponnesian War, in neutral voice, not favoring Athens, wanted people to learn from mistakes and avoid similar wars |
| Death of Socrates | He drank poison, was surrounded by friends, he was calm, they were very upset |
| Alexandria | City in Egypt that was a great center of learning |
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