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10 Cards in this Set
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Oracle
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in ancient Greece, a sacred shrine where a god or goddess was said to reveal the future through a priest or priestess.
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Tragedy
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a form of drama that portrays a conflict between the protagonist and a superior force and having a protagonist who is brought to ruin or extreme sorrow, especially as a result of a fatal flaw
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Philosophy
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an organized system of thought, from the Greek for “love of wisdom”
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Socratic Method
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the method of teaching used by the Greek philosopher Socrates; it employs a question-answer format to lead pupils to see things for themselves by using their own reasoning
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epic poem
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a long poem that tells the deeds of a great poem that tells the deeds of a great hero, such as the Odyssey of Homer
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arête
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in early Greece, the qualities of excellence that a hero strives to win in a struggle or contest
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Dark Age
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a period of time in which the population declined and the food production dropped.
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Polis
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the early Greek city-states consisting of a city or town and its surrounding countryside
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Acropolis
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In the early Greek city- states a fortified gathering place at the top of a hill that was sometimes the site of temples and public buildings
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Agora |
In the early Greek city-states, an open area that served as a gathering place and as a market |
