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| fable | a story meant to teach a lesson |
| mythology | a collection of myths, especially one belonging to a particular religious or cultural tradition |
| mortal | of a living human being, often in contrast to a divine being - subject to death |
| deity | a god or goddess |
| strife | conflict |
| aloof | not very friendly and does not like to spend time with other people |
| epic | a long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the history of a nation |
| tragedy | a play dealing with tragic events and having an unhappy ending, especially one concerning the downfall of the main character |
| comedy | a genre of fiction that consists of works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theater |
| chorus | group of performers, who comment with a collective voice on the action of the scene they appear in, or provide necessary insight into action which has taken place offstage |
| playwright | a person who writes plays |
| theater | the activity or profession of acting in, producing, directing, or writing plays |
| Socratic method | form of argumentative dialogue between individuals, based on asking and answering questions |
| Academy | the academy, or college, of philosophy in Athens where Plato used to teach |
| stoicism | the experience of pain or hardship without the display of feelings and without complaint |
| Olympic Games | the greatest of the games or festivals of ancient Greece, held every four years in the plain of Olympia in Elis, in honor of Zeus |
| column | an upright pillar, typically cylindrical and made of stone or concrete, supporting an entablature, arch, or other structure or standing alone as a monument |
| temple | a place of worship |
| oracle | An oracle is a person or thing considered to provide insight, wise counsel or prophetic predictions, most notably including precognition of the future, inspired by deities |
| acropolis | a citadel or fortified part of an ancient Greek city, typically built on a hill |
| hippodrome | (in ancient Greece or Rome) a course for chariot or horse races |
| altar | a table or flat-topped block used as the focus for a religious ritual, especially for making sacrifices or offerings to a deity |
| pediment | the triangular upper part of the front of a building in classical style, typically surmounting a portico of columns |
| philosophy | the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence, especially when considered as an academic discipline |
| Golden Mean | a principle that suggests virtue lies between extremes and that the ideal moral behavior is found in a moderate and balanced approach |
| Archimedes' screw | This device, capable of lifting solid or liquid substances from a lower plane to a higher elevation, is traditionally attributed to the Greek mathematician |
| poetry | literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm |
| astronomy | the branch of science that deals with celestial objects, space, and the physical universe as a whole |
| geometry | the branch of mathematics concerned with the properties and relations of points, lines, surfaces, solids, and higher dimensional analogs |
| sophist | a teacher in ancient Greece in the fifth and fourth centuries BCE. Specialized in one or more subject areas, such as philosophy, rhetoric, music, athletics and mathematics. |
