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A Greek "lover of wisdom", or a thinker who is determined to seek the truth
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philosopher
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a disorganized group of thinkers who employed debate and rhetoric to teach and disseminate their ideas and offered to teach these skills to others
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sophists
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Developed a question-and-answer approach for teaching, and believed in absolute standards for truth and justice
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Socrates
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The Greek philosopher who summarized knowledge up to his time, and developed a type of argument.
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Aristotle
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Socrates' student who wrote The Republic, a view of the ideal society
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Plato
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a heavy infantryman that was the central focus of warfare in Ancient Greece
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hoplites
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A greek tradegian who wrote the Oedipus Trilogy
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Sophocles
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An association of Greek city-states in the 5th century BC led by Athens.
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Delian League
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The term used to denote the historical period from the end of the Persian Wars to the end of the Peloponnesian War.
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Age of Pericles
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The earliest of the 3 Greek tragedians.
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Aeschylus
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The Supreme God in Greek Religion. Reigned on Mount Olympus.
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Zeus
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The Sun God of Greek Religion.
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Apollo
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The Greek Goddess of Knowledge and War.
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Athena
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Zeus' wife and sister. The Greek goddess of marriage.
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Hera
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The latest of the 3 Great tradgedians. Wrote Dionysia
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Euripides
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The place where Zeus and Hera reign.
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Mt. Olympus
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"The Father of Medicine"
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Hippocrates
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Greek mathematician and pioneer in geometry
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Euclid
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King of Macedonia who conquered Greece
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Philip II
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Kingdom located just north of Greece
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Macedonia
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Philip II's son who established a huge empire
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Alexander The Great
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Persian King
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Darius III
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Argued "natural law" theories
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pre-Socratic philosophers
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Philosophers who said people should live a moral life to keep them in harmony with natural laws
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stoics
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The assembly of all citizens
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ecclesia
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Viewing the universe in terms of rational, not mythological terms.
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natural law
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epic that centers on the heroes of the Trojan war
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Illiad
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epic that tells of Odysseus journeys written by Homer
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The Odyssey
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Side-by-side fighting formation of Greek foot soldiers
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Phalanx
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Member of a group who settled on the Greek mainland aroung 2000 B.C.
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Mycenaen
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War in which the Mycenaens attacked the city of Troy
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Trojan War
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Member of a group of people who migrated into the Greek mainland
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Dorian
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Greek poet who composed the Illiad and the Odyssey
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Homer
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Heroic story told in the form of a long poem
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Epic`
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Traditional story that explains why the world is the way it is
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Myth
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City-state of ancient Greece
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Polis
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Fortified hilltop in an ancient Greek city
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Acropolis
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Government ruled by a king or queen
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Monarchy
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government ruled by a small group of noble families
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Oligarchy
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powerful ruler who gained control of a city-state's government by asking the common people for support
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Tyrant
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rule by the people
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Democracy
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Wars between Greece and the Persian Empire
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Persian Wars
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War in which the Greeks defeated the Persians. Pheidippides ran 26.2 miles to tell of the victory then died on the spot.
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Battle of Marathon
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Temple in ancient Greece that is a masterpiece of classical art
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Parthenon
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Form of government in which citizens rule
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Direct Democracy
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Art in which harmony, order, and balance were emphasized
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Classical Art
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Serious drama dealing with such themes as love, hate, war, or betrayal
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Tragedy
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Light and amusing play that may poke fun at serious subjects
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Comedy
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War in which Athens and its allies were defeated by Sparta and its allies
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Peloponnesian War
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