Ancient Greece Vocabulary

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  1. 2. A minimum attendance of people at an event or vote.
  2. 4. A type of poison.
  3. 5. God and messenger of the Gods, protector of orators, writers, traders, and travellers.
  4. 6. Slaves that belonged to the state.
  5. 8. The son of King Poeas of Meliboea in Thessaly. He was a Greek hero.
  6. 9. Goddess of love and beauty.
  7. 13. A belief that man not the Gods is the most important being in the world. It is a set of ethics that people followed.
  8. 14. A deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion.
  9. 15. An oath which state the proper conduct and common practice of doctors.
  10. 17. Four year wait periods between the olympic games.
  11. 21. Hades’s wife.
  12. 22. A main character in the Greek myth of the Iliad.
  13. 23. The process of using critical thinking and realism to asses a situation. (Figure out fact vs. fiction.)
  14. 24. A part of philosophy where an educated guess is made without any assumption of its truth.
  15. 26. A series of temples built on the centre hill of Athens, Greece. Was a place of refuge during war, then became a religious centre.
  16. 27. People who lived in ancient Greece and flourished from about 1600 BCE to 1100 BCE.
  17. 31. Most powerful and leader of the Gods. Zeus is the God of the sky.
  18. 33. Branch of knowledge that deals with the systems of government.
  19. 35. A large and intricate maze.
  20. 36. One of the great heroes of the trojan war. When he was a baby, he was dipped into the river styx by his ankles, making them his only weakness.
  21. 37. The habit of being independent and self-reliant and that everyone plays an important part in society
  22. 38. A famous city in Greece that welcomed change and was home to many philosophers. This city was dedicated to Athena.
  23. 39. A person taught or engaged in philosophy (the study of general and fundamental problems). They would always be looking for the truth.
  24. 41. A famous city in Greece which was a military society.
  25. 42. Used as a men’s social club, educational centre, and a place to meet for conversation.
  26. 43. Mythical Greek river found in the Underworld, where if you bathe you will become invincible.
  27. 44. A main setting in the Greek myth of the Iliad.
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  1. 1. Was said to be the smartest and wisest person in Athens, and devoted his life to philosophy.
  2. 3. A system of government by the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.
  3. 7. A form of argumentative dialogue between individuals, based on asking and answering questions in order to think critically. It is still used today.
  4. 10. A type of Greek dramatic play which presented human suffering and would lead people to think about their relationships with others and the Gods.
  5. 11. A method of procedure that consists of observation, measurement, and experiment, and the formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses.
  6. 12. Ancient Greek marketplace where people would socialize.
  7. 13. Goddess and wife of Zeus. Protectress of marriage, children, and the home.
  8. 16. Famous Greek poet who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey.
  9. 18. Rectangle of cloth arranged and draped around the body as a tunic or a robe. Was worn by men and women.
  10. 19. Warriors from the North that settled in southern Greece.
  11. 20. A god or goddess.
  12. 24. God of the Underworld.
  13. 25. Legally authorized killing of someone.
  14. 28. Reasoning conducted or assessed according to strict examples of validity.
  15. 29. The Greek equivalent to a fortune teller.
  16. 30. God of the sun who would ride in a chariot each day and bring the sun across the sky.
  17. 32. A type of Greek play which would make the audience laugh at characters, personalities, and sometimes even the Gods.
  18. 34. A city which has its own government.
  19. 40. Arrange a group of people in groups based on common characteristics.