Chapter 5 Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. story told by actors who pretend to be characters in the story
  2. 4. study of the nature and meaning of life; comes from the Greek word for “love of
  3. 6. to one another
  4. 9. form of drama in which the story has a happy ending
  5. 12. professional teacher in ancient Greece; believed that people should use knowledge to
  6. 15. thinker who seeks wisdom and ponders the questions about life
  7. 19. form of drama in which a person struggles to overcome difficulties but meets an
  8. 20. a person who studies stars, planets, and other heavenly bodies
  9. 23. Era period when the Greek language and Greek ideas spread to the non-Greek
  10. 24. long poem that tells about legendary or heroic deeds
Down
  1. 1. themselves and developed the art of public speaking and debate
  2. 3. pursuit of pleasure was the goal of life
  3. 5. sacred shrine where a priest of priestess spoke for a god or goddess
  4. 7. to force students to use their reason to see things for themselves
  5. 8. traditional story describing gods or heroes or explaining natural events
  6. 10. following emotions, but from following reason and doing one’s duty
  7. 11. end
  8. 13. Geometry branch of mathematics that studies spheres and cylinders
  9. 14. what a person leaves behind when he or she dies
  10. 16. method way of teaching developed by Socrates that used a question-and-answer
  11. 17. of southwest Asia
  12. 18. short tale that teaches a lesson
  13. 21. Geometry branch of Mathematics that shows how points, line, angles, and surfaces
  14. 22. philosophy founded by Seno in Hellenistic Athens; taught that happiness came not
  15. 24. philosophy founded by Epicurus in Hellenistic Athens; taught happiness through