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plato
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427–347 b.c., Greek philosopher. Recorded speeches from Socrates trial just before his death.
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Aristotle
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384–322 b.c., Greek philosopher: pupil of Plato. He devolped the Scientific Method
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Socrates
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He belived people could discover the truth if they knew how to think and because of that he had to drink hemlock juice which is poision and died.
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Dionysus
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God of Fertility, of joyous life and hospitality, and of wild things.
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Zues
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Ruled of Mt.Olympus,king of the gods and wheather.
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Aeschylus
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created the first real play by having two characters act of the story.
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Euripides
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writer of tragedies about suffering caused by people doing bad things.
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Herodotus
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The writer of histories.
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Aristophanes
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The writer of comic plays.
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syllogism
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A method of reasoning using three realated statements.
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Scientific Method
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this is the process used by scientist to study something.
Thales devoloped the first two steps. |
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Socratic Method
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A step by step final conclusion or truth.
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Hypothesis
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a possible explanation or an educated guess.
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Political Science
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The study of government.
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pancratium
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a combination of boxing and wrestling.
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Pentathlon
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Made up of five events.
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olympic games
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Were held to honor Zues.
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prophecy
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a statement of what might happen in the future.
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oracles
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Greeks through whom the gods spoke.
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Philosophia
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the love of wisdom, according to the gods.
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soliloquy
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talk in which personal thoughts and feelings are expressed to the audience.
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tragedies
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stories about suffering
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Sophocles
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sowed that people suffered because of their sins and mistakes and that suffering could make someone a better person.
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Aeschylus
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wrote about power and its effect on people
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Euripides
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tried to show that people suffered becauase of bad things.
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