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