| A | B |
|---|
| tragedy | plays that told stories of human suffering and usually ended in disaster |
| comedy | humorous plays that mocked people or customs |
| Plato | “a Greek philosopher; taught by Socrates,who opened a school called the Academy; he wrote a book called The Republic in which he rejected democracy in favor of a government led by philosopher leaders” |
| Aristotle | “he was the favored student of Plato’s;in government matters, he favored rule by a strong and virtuous leader; He promoted reason as the guiding force for learning. He set up a school, the Lyceum, and wrote on politics, ethics, logic biology, literature, and many other subjects” |
| Parthenon | temple in Athens dedicated to Athena |
| Thucydides | “a Greek historian who taught that historians should avoid bias in their writing; he wrote about the Peloponnesian War” |
| logic | rational thinking |
| rhetoric | the art of skillful speaking |
| Socrates | “he was an Athenian stonemason and philosopher. He wrote no books. It was his habit to lounge in the marketplace (Agora) |
| Herodotus | ”a Greek historian who taught that historians should do rigorous research; he wrote about the Persian War” |
