Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
28 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
festival to honor zeus
|
Olympic games
|
|
|
oracles
|
believed to speak to gods
greeks came to them for advice |
|
|
pentathlon
|
made up of five events:
wrestling; run; jump; discus; javelin |
|
|
prophecy
|
prediction of the future
|
|
|
pancratium
|
fighting event
part wrestling/boxing |
|
|
Mount Olympus
|
home of greek gods
|
|
|
tragedies
|
first greek plays
(Euripides wrote them) |
|
|
Aeschylus
|
Greek poet
created the "play" |
|
|
Had happy endings
|
Greek comedies
|
|
|
greek god of theater
festivals honor him |
Dionysus
|
|
|
the study of laws of nature
|
philosophia
|
|
|
possible explanation
|
hypothesis
|
|
|
form of questioning
|
Socratic method
|
|
|
the study of the govenment
|
political science
|
|
|
process used by scientists
|
scientific method
|
|
|
Father of Medicine
|
Hippocrates
|
|
|
Plato's brightest pupil
|
Aristotle
|
|
|
Interested in the thinking process;
left no writings after death; executed; philosopher; people could find truth if they knew how to think; tried in 399 bc for denying gods, corrupting the young and trying to overthrow gov't |
Socrates
|
|
|
Wrote "The Republic" (poli sci);
disillusioned w/democracy; student of Socrates;wrote "The dialogues" |
Plato
|
|
|
method of reasoning using 3 related statements: Major premise, minor premise, conclusion
|
Syllogism
|
|
|
highest point in Greek Culture
|
Golden Age
|
|
|
Father of history
|
Herodotus
|
|
|
Greek dramatist
|
Sophocles
|
|
|
writer of comedies
|
Aristophanes
|
|
|
student of Plato @ the Academy for 20 yrs.; "Master them not know"; classified plants & animals; Added steps 3,4 of scientific method (test hypothesis; conclusion)
|
Aristotle
|
|
|
Wrote 1st 2 steps of scientific method; gather info, form hypothesis
|
Thales of Miletus
|
|
|
ethnic code for doctors; honor their teachers;do their best for sick; never give poison; keep secrets of patients
|
hippocratic oath
|
|
|
Euclid
Pythagoras |
Philosophers
|
