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| myth | story about the gods and goddesses of a partcular people. |
| epic | long poem that celebrates gods, heroes, or events in a peoples' past. |
| tragedy | type of play developed by ancient Greeks in which life is treated seriously, and usually has a sad ending. |
| comedy | a play that is funny and usually has a happy ending. |
| philosophy | study of the nature and purpose of life; the search for the truth. |
| Homer | Great poet of ancient Greece- wrote epic poems The Iliad and The Odyssey |
| Aeschylus | Writer of tragedies in Ancient Greece. |
| Aristophanes | Wrote comedies in ancient Greece. |
| Socrates | Greek philosopher and teacher. |
| Plato | Greek philosopher, student of Socrates, hia academy in Athens was the worlds first university. |
| Thucydides | Greek historian- wrote about Peloponnesian wars. |
| Philip II | King of Macedonia, father of Alexander the great. |
| Alexander the Great | King of Macedonia 336-323 B.C., conquered Greece and Persia- established world's first libraries. |
| Aristotle | Ancient Greek philosopher- taught Alexander the Great to love philosophy and the Greek ways. |
