chapter 6
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- plato
- ancient Athenian philosopher
- tragedies
- the main character struggled against fate, or events usually a combination of outside forces defeated the main character. Often tragic heroes were punished for displaying hubris of the sin of pride
- euclid
- Greek geometer (3rd century BC)
- alexander the great
- king of Macedon
- philip II of Macedon
- king of ancient Macedonia and father of Alexander the Great (382-336 BC)
- demosthenes
- Athenian statesman and orator (circa 385-322 BC)
- thucydides
- ancient Greek historian remembered for his history of the Peloponnesian War (460-395 BC)
- sophocles
- one of the great tragedians of ancient Greece (496-406 BC)
- euripides
- one of the greatest tragic dramatists of ancient Greece (480-406 BC)
- myron
- sculptor of The Discus Thrower
- pythagoras
- Greek philosopher and mathematician who proved the Pythagorean theorem
- phidias
- ancient Greek sculptor (circa 500-432 BC)
- zeno
- ancient Greek philosopher who found the Stoic school (circa 335-263 BC)
- aristocracy
- the most powerful members of a society, hereditary nobility; privileged class; government by nobility; N. aristocrat
- dramas
- plays containing action or dialogue and usually involving conflict and emotion
- herodotus
- Greek Anthropologist (5th Century B.C.)
- hellenistic culture
- A blending of Greek, Persian, Indian, and Egyptian influences.
- aristophanes
- an ancient Greek dramatist remembered for his comedies (448-380 BC)
- aristotle
- one of the greatest of the ancient Athenian philosophers
- parthenon
- the main temple of the goddess Athena
- archimedes
- Greek mathematician and physicist noted for his work in hydrostatics and mechanics and geometry (287-212 BC)
- epicurus
- Greek philosopher who believed that the world is a random combination of atoms and that pleasure is the highest good (341-270 BC)
- golden age
- (classical mythology) the first and best age of the world, a time of ideal happiness, prosperity, and innocence
- hippocrates
- medical practitioner who is regarded as the father of medicine
- how art expressed greek ideas
- glorified human beings, symbolizes Greeks' pride in their city states, expressed Greek beliefs in harmony, balance, order, and moderation, and expressed the Greek belief in combining beauty & usefulness
- socrates
- ancient Athenian philosopher
- philosophy
- a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school
- diogenes
- an ancient Greek philosopher and Cynic who rejected social conventions (circa 400-325 BC)
- aristarchus
- a bright crater on the moon
- praxiteles
- ancient Greek sculptor (circa 370-330 BC)
- pyrrho
- The founder of Skepticism who believed that because the universe is always changing, all knowledge is uncertain