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18 Cards in this Set
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Myth |
Traditional story describing Gods or heroes or explaining natural events |
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Oracle |
Sacred shrine where priests or priestesses spoke for a God or Godess |
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Epic |
A long poem that tells about legendary or heroic deeds |
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Fable |
A short story that teaches a lesson |
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Drama |
A story told by actors who pretend to be characters in a story |
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Tragedy |
A form of drama in which a person struggles to overcome difficulties but meets an unhappy end |
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Comedy |
A form of drama in which the story has a happy ending |
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Philosophy |
The study of nature and the meaning of life |
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Philosopher |
A thinker who seeks wisdom and ponders questions about life |
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Sophist |
A professional teacher in Ancient Greece |
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Socratic method |
A way of teaching developed by Socrates that used a question-and-answer format to force students to use their reason to see things for themselves |
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Legacy |
Is what a person leaves behind when he or she dies |
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Hellenistic Era |
Period when the Greek language and Greek ideas spread to the non-Greek peoples of southwest Asia |
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Epicureanism |
Philosophy founded by Epicurus in Hellenistic Athens; taught that happiness through the pursuit of pleasure was the goal of life |
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Stoicism |
Philosophy founded by Zeno in Hellenistic Athens; taught that happiness came not from following emotion, but from following reason and doing one's duty |
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Astronomer |
A person who studies stars, planets, and other heavenly bodies |
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Plane geometry |
A branch of mathematics that shows how points, lines, angles, and surfaces relate to one another |
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Solid geometry |
A branch of mathematics that studies spheres and cylinders |
