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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Pericles | a great generaland democrat who led Athens |
| Drama | plays of comedy and tragedy performed on stage |
| Athens | city- state in Ancient Greece with democracy, high trade, and agriculture |
| Reason | to think in an ordely way |
| Peloponnesian War | a war against Sparta and Athens which weaked Athens and caused it to lose its empire |
| Euclid | a Greek mathematician who started geometry |
| Aristotle | a philosopher that used logic and the order of the world |
| Plato | a philosopher who believed government should control lives of people |
| Socrates | a philosopher who devolped the Socratic method: learning about beliefs and ideas by asking questions |
| oligarchy | is a type of government where only a few people are in charge |
| direct democracy | rule where people voted on laws as citizens |
| realism | when art resembles real life |
| Parthenon | a temple in Athens that was built to honor the goddess, Athena |
| Sparta | a warlike city- state; was strict and was ruled by a few people; citizens had no say in government |
| Classical Culture | founded in Greece; Greek Era and Rome; includes drama art, art and architecture |
| Hellenism | was a culture that was a blend of Greek, Persian, Egyptian, and Indian cultures |
| Alexander the Great | conquered people around the Mediterranean Sea and spread Greek Culture and developed |
| Polis | city- state |
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