| A | B |
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| Golden Age | Classical Age of Greece |
| oracles | people who could speak to the gods |
| prophecy | statement of what might happen in the future |
| Mount Olympus | where the gods were |
| temple | home of the god |
| Olympic Games | a festival of sports held every four years to honor Zeus |
| hippodrome | oval track with grandstands all around |
| pancratium | sporting event that combined boxing and wrestling |
| pentathlon | event made up of five sports |
| Herodotus | Father of History |
| 776 B.C. | date of the first Olympic Games |
| soliloquy | talk in which the actor expresses his own feelings to the audience |
| Aeschylus | tragedy writer who created the play and wrote about the effect of power on people |
| tragedies | stories about suffering performed in the morning |
| Sophocles | playwright who showed that people suffered because of their sins and mistakes |
| Euripides | tragic playwright who showed that people suffered because they did bad things |
| comedy | play with a happy ending usually performed in the afternoon |
| intellect | ability to learn and reason |
| philosophia | the study of wisdom and the laws of nature |
| philosophers | scientists who study and search for knowledge |
| Socrates | Athenian philosopher who was put on trial for his beliefs |
| 399 B. C. | date of Socrates trial |
| Socratic Method | method using questions to arrive at a step-by-step conclusion |
| hemlock | poisonous juice given to Socrates after he was convicted to death |
| Plato | founded the Academy, a school that lasted for 900 years |
| the Republic | first political science book written authored by Plato |
| political science | study of government |
| Dialogues | Plato's writings about truth and loyalty |
| Aristotle | the "master of them that know" |
| classification | groupings of plants and animals devised by Aristotle |
| Thales of Miletus | developed the first two steps in the scientific method |
| hypothesis | possible explanation based on information collection |
| syllogism | three step method of reasoning |
| Hippocrates | Father of Scientific Medicine |
| Hippocratic Oath | rules designed to help doctors properly care for their patients |
| Euclid | responsible for the rules of geometry |
| Odysseus | legendary hero of the Trojan War |
| Homer | blind poet who wrote epic poems (Iliad and Odyssey) |
