Greek Terms Flashcards

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Myth

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A traditional story that explains a cultures beliefs or part of the natural world

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Ritual

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Words or actions that are part of a religious ceremony

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Oracle

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A priestess who speaks for the gods and answers questions about what will happen the future

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Fable

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A story that teaches a lesson

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Oral tradition

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The custom of passing stories from one generation to the next by telling the stories aloud

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Drama

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A story that is told by the actions and spoken words of actors

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Tragedy

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A drama in which characters struggle to overcome problems, but fail

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Comedy

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A drama that tells a humorous story

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Sophists

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Greek teachers of philosophy, reasoning and public speaking

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Rhetoric

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The art of public speaking and debate

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Socratic method

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Philosophical method of questioning to gain truth; developed by Socrates

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Hippocratic Oath

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A set of promises about patient care that new doctors make when they start practicing medicine.

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Calvary

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Soldiers who fight while riding horses

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Hellenistic era

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The time period after Alexander died when Greek culture spread all the lands in his empire

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Epicureanism

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The philosophy of Epicurus, which says that the purpose of life is to find happiness and peace

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Stoicism

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The philosophy of stoics, which says that people should use reason and not emotion

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Circumference

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The outer border of a circle; the measurement of the border

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Plane geometry

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Branch of mathematics that shows the relationship of points, lines, angles, and surfaces of figures that are flat or level

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Solid geometry

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branch of mathematics that shows the relationships of points, lines, angles, surfaces, and solids in three dimensional space.