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| traditional story describing gods or heroes or explaining natural events |
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| sacred shrine where a priest or priestesses spoke for a god or goddess |
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| long poem that tells about legendary or heroic deeds |
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| short tale that teaches a lesson |
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| story told by actors who pretend to be characters in the story |
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| form of drama in which a person struggles to over come difficulties but meets an unhappy end |
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| form of drama in which the story has a happy ending |
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| study of the nature and the meaning of life comes from the greek word for love of wisdom |
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| thinker who seeks wisdom and ponders questions about life |
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| proffessional teacher in ancient greece beleived that people should use knowledge to improve themselvels and develop the art of public speaking and debate |
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| ay of teaching developed by socrates that used question and answer format to force students to use their reason to see things for themselves |
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| what a person leaves behind when he or she dies |
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| period when the greek language and greek ideas spread to the non greek peoples of southwest asia |
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| philosophy founded by epicures in hellenistic athens taught that happieness through the pursuit of pleassure was the goal of life |
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| philosophy founded by Zeno on hellonistic athens taught that happieness came not from following emotions but from following reason but from following reason and doing ones duty |
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| person who studies stars planets and other heavenly bodies |
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| branch of mathematics that shows how points lines angles and surfaces relate to one another |
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| branch of mathematics that studies spheres and cylinders |
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