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What kind of ceremonies would be held in Greek temples?
Ceremonies honoring the gods and goddesses
Prophecy
Prediction about the future
Oracle
Sacred shrine where a priest spoke for a god
First great epic poems about Ancient Greece
Illiad & Oddyesy by Homer
Trojan War
Greeks hid inside a hollow wooden horse. Trojans thought it was a present and let it in. Greek soldiers came out of the horse and captured Troy.
What is an epic
A great story based on history
Fables
Short stories that teach a lesson
Oral tradition
Stories passed from person to person by word of mouth long before they were written down.
What ideas of Aeschylus about drama do we have today?
Having 2 actors, to show conflict between people
Having stage decorations, props and costumes
What was the most important type of building in ancient greece?
Temples dedicated to gods and goddesses
Philosophy
Greek thinkers who believed the human mind could understand everything
Sophists
Professional teacher
What did philosophers study
Many were teachers and studies history, science, politics and math
Socratic Method
Asking questions to force students to use reason and think things through for themselves
How did Aristotle's idea of governement differ from Platos?
Plato - democracy was not a good system of government
Aristotle - best government is a mixture between oligarchy & democracy
What did Thucyides believe in ?
Accuracy. War & politics have to do with humans not gods.
Who was the first person to write about the past by using true event?
Herodotus
Socrates
Invented Socratic Method
Left behind no writings
Thought all knowledge was in each person
Plato
did not like democracy
divided society into 3 groups
divided government into 3 groups
Left behind writings
Aristotle
established the Academy
established the Lyceum
taught the golden meam - don't do anything in excess
divided government into 3 types
Urged people to use their own sense to make observations
Author
squirty99
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88241
Card Set
History 12
Description
Ancient Greek Culture
Updated
2011-05-29T18:49:11Z
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