Across
- 2. - philosophy that taught happiness through the pursuit of pleasure
- 3. - what a person leaves behind when he or she dies
- 6. - a person who studies stars, planets, and other heavenly bodies
- 9. - period when the Greek language and Greek ideas spread to the non-Greeks in SW Asia
- 12. - philosophy that taught that happiness came from following reason and one's duty
- 15. - branch of math that studies spheres and cylinders
- 16. - form of drama in which a person struggles to overcome difficulties but meets an unhappy end
- 17. - branch of Math that shows how points, line, angles, and surfaces are related
Down
- 1. - sacred shrine where a priest of priestess spoke for a god or goddess
- 4. - professional teacher in ancient Greece; taught that people should use knowledge to improve themselves
- 5. - study of the nature and meaning of life; comes from the Greek word for “love of wisdom"
- 7. - traditional story describing gods or heroes or explaining natural events
- 8. - short tale that teaches a lesson
- 10. - long poem that tells about legendary or heroic deeds
- 11. - form of drama in which the story has a happy ending
- 13. - story told by actors who pretend to be characters in the story
- 14. - way of teaching developed that used a question-and-answer format to force students to think for themselves
- 17. - thinker who seeks wisdom and ponders the questions about life