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| architecture | the art of designing buildings - a talent of the Ancient Greeks |
| acropolis | the hill above the Greek city on which temple were built |
| representatives | people elected to act on behalf of the belief of others - as in our democracy |
| sculpture | the art of creating 3 dimensional figures from clay, stone, or wood |
| marathon | the longest race in the Olympics - originating from a messenger delivering a message from the city of Marathon during a war |
| drama | the art of writing, acting in, and producing plays |
| myth | traditional stories that help explain mysteries in nature and life or a story about gods and goddesses |
| democracy | a form of government that is ruled by the people |
| philosophy | the search for wisdom or knowledge through logical reason |
| Parthenon | the temple honoring the goddess Athena, built on the acropolis in Athens |
| appoint | to choose someone to fill an office or position |
| immortal | the ability to live forever; never dying; this was a trait of gods and goddesses |
| Hippocrates | the "Father of Medicine" - he believed in natural causes for illnesses - not angry gods and goddesses |
| Euclid | This matematician's geometry textbook became the basis for teaching geometry for more than 2,000 years |
| Zeus | He was king of the gods and the Olympic games honored him |
| Socrates | One of the greates Greek philosophers who taught his students to question everything |
| Alexander the Great | King of Macedonia by age 20 went on to create a great empire inspired by the Greeks |
| King Philip II | Alexander the Great's father and a Macedonian king before being murdered |
| Herodotus | He was considered the "Father of History" |
| Archimedes | This Greek thinker realized the effect his body had on the amount of water in a tub = volume of his body |
| Dionysus | God of theater and wine |
| Pythagoras | The mathetmatician believed that numbers were the key to understanding nature |
| Pericles | Athenians were inspired to rebuild Athens by this great leader |
| Athens | This city-state believed in learning and democracy and few rights for women |
| Sparta | This city-state believed in a strong military, had an oligarchy, and gave women more rights |
| Golden Age | In Athens, this was a time of growth, knowledge |
| Socrates, Plato, Aristotle | The great Greek philosophers in chronological order |
| Aristotle | The philosophy student that taught Alexander the Great |
| explain nature | The reason ancient Greek people told myths |
| gods and goddesses | Who did the ancient Greeks blame for disasters and disease? |
| assembly | The meeting of Greek citizens in the democracy of Athens |
| Olympics | A sports event to honor Zeus |
| pediment | In Greek architecture, this was the triangular shape where the roofs came together |
| frieze | In Greek architecture, this is the decorative band that may look like 3D statues on some buildings |
| lighting the flame | This is an Olympic custom from ancient Greece that carries on today |
