 | Term | Definition |
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what are the three types of greek columns? |
doric ionic and corinthian |
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what did the greeks do to the epic poems? |
they condensed them to form lyric poetry |
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what is lyric poetry? |
a shorter from of poetry that deals with personal feelings |
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who was one of the greatest greek lyric poets? |
sapho |
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what kinds of poems did sapho write? |
she wrote poems celebrating friendship and love |
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what do greek tragic plays deal with? |
timeless issues about how people behave |
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what style of comedies were introduced by the greeks? |
comedies that deal with making fun of politics social issues |
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who was one of the most popular greek comedy writer? |
aristophanes |
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what was herodutus called? |
father of history |
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what was the difference between herodutus and thucydides? |
herodutus traced events back to the will of the gods but thucydides tried to understand events from peoples actions |
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what sources did thucydides use for tracing information? |
he used sources documents and interviewed eyewitnesses |
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what did thucydides make an accont on? |
the peloponnesian war |
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what did thucydides new method of sifting through evidence do? |
it set a new standard for future historians |
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how is thucydides similiar to greek philosophers? |
just like thucydides looked beyond the will of the gods for answers greek philosophers did the same to learn about the world |
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who was the first greek philosopher? |
thales |
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what did greeks believe at the time of homer about earthquakes? |
that poseidon the god of waters caused earthquakes |
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what was thales theory on earthquakes? |
he claimed that the world rested on water and when wind blew it made waves resulting in an earthquake |
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although thaless theory was wrongwhat had he taken a first step in? |
rather than blaming the gods he took a first step in searching for explanations |
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name some philosophers |
socrates plato aristotle and thales |
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who used socratess method for teaching? |
american universities |
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what was socrates method of teaching? |
question everything repedeatly instead of lecturing them |
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what was the name of the early greek astronomer? |
aristarchus |
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what was his theory? |
that the earth revolved around the sun |
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what were the mathematicians names? |
euclid and pythagoras |
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who was pythagoras? |
a mathematician that made discoveries in the field of geometry and he created the pythagoric theorm |
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who was euclid? |
euclid was a mathematician that was sometimes called the father of geometry hge wrote a book explaining geometry which was used as a textbook until 1990 |
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what is the name of one of the first doctors? |
hippocrates |
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who was hippocrates |
the first doctor that looked for natural causes of diseases ratther than blaming the gods hippocrates also wrote an oath called th hippocratic oath |
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what was the hippocratic oath? |
an oath that is still used today by doctors |
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in addition to arts math science and philosophy |
the greeks idea about democracy and government have been passed down through the years |
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