A | B |
MYTH | A TRADITIONAL STORY THAT EXPLAINS THE PRACTICES OR BELIEFS OF A PEOPLE |
RITUAL | WORDS OR ACTIONS THAT ARE PART OF A RELIGIOUS CEREMONY |
ORACLE | A SACRED SHRINE WHERE A PRIEST OR PRIESTESS SPOKE FOR A GOD OR GODDESS |
FABLE | A STORY MEANT TO TEACH A LESSON |
ORAL TRADITION | THE CUSTOM OF PASSING ALONG STORIES BY SPEECH |
DRAMA | A STORY WRITTEN IN THE FORM OF A PLAY |
TRAGEDY | A PLAY OR FILM IN WHICH CHARACTERS FAIL TO OVERCOME SERIOUS PROBLEMS |
COMEDY | A PLAY OR FILM THAT TELLS A HUMOROUS STORY |
SOPHISTS | GREEK TEACHERS OF PHILOSOPHY, REASONING, AND PUBLIC SPEAKING |
RHETORIC | THE ART OF PUBLIC SPEAKING AND DEBATE |
SOCRATIC METHOD | PHILOSPOHICAL METHOD OF QUESTIONING TO GAIN TRUTH |
HIPPOCRATIC OATH | A SET OF PROMISES ABOUT PATIENT CARE THAT NEW DOCTORS MAKE WHEN THEY START PRACTICING MEDICINE |
CAVALRY | PART OF AN ARMY IN WHICH THE SOLDIERS RIDE HORSES |
HELLENISTIC ERA | THE TIME PERIOD FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF ALEXANDER DURING WHICH GREEK CULTURE SPREAD THROUGH THE KNOWN WORLD |
EPICUREANISM | THE PHILOSOPHY OF EPICURUS, STATING THAT THE PURPOSE OF LIFE IS TO LOOK FOR HAPPINESS AND PEACE |
STOICISM | THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE STOICS HO BELIEVED THAT PEOPLE SHOULD NOT TRY TO FEEL JOY OR SADNESS |
CIRCUMFERENCE | THE OUTER BORDER OF A CIRCLE; THE MEASUREMENT OF THAT BORDER |
PLANE GEOMETRY | A BRANCH OF MATHEMATICS CENTERED AROUND MEASUREMENT AND RELATIONSHIPS OF POINTS, LINES, ANGLES,, AND SURFACES OF FIGURES ON A PLANE |
SOLID GEOMETRY | A BRANCH OF MATHEMATICS ABOUT MEASUREMENT AND RELATIONSHIPS OF POINTS, LINES, ANGLES, SURFACES, AND SOLIDS IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL SPACE |