Greece Part 1 Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
comedy | a humorous form of drama that often includes slapstick and satire. |
philosophers | a thinker who use logic and reason to investigate the nature of the universe, human society, and morality. |
Aristotle | "He who studies how things originated... will achieve the clearest view of them." |
Classical art | the art of ancient Greece and Rome, in which harmony, order, and proportion were emphasized. |
aristocracy | a government in which power is in the hands of a hereditary ruling class or nobility. |
Persian War | a series of wars in the fifth century B.C., in which Greek city-states battled the Persian Empire. |
tragedy | a serious form of drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character. |
Peloponnesian War | a war, lasting from 431 to 404 B.C., in which Athens and its allies were defeated by Sparta and its allies. |
phalanx | a military formations of foot soldiers armed with spears and shields. |
Socrates | "There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance." |
Polis | a Greek city-state-- the fundamental political unit of ancient Greece after about 750 B.C. |
Plato | " Philosophy begins in wonder." |
acropolis | a fortified hilltop in an ancient Greek city. |
tyrant | a powerful individual who gained control of a city-state's government by appealing to the poor for support. |
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