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Greek achievements and philosophers
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History
6th Grade
05/27/2009

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Sophocles
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A Greek writer. who wrote serious plays.
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Aristophanes
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A greek writer who wrote comides
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Socrates
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One of the greatest greek thinkers who taught by asking questions. He ended up being sentenced to deaath for asking too many questions
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Plato
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A student of Socrates who made a school called "the Academy" And also wrote a book about how the government should be run
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Aristotle
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Plato's student believed moderation was based on reasion. He also had great advances in the field of logic
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Euclid
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A Greek mathematition who was into geometry
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Hypatia
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A woman who taught about astronomy and mathmatics
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Hippocrates
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A Greek man who wanted to figure out what started desiese
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Parthenon
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A place in Athens Greece on top of the acropolis where the goddess athena is worshiped. It is similar to the Lincoin Memorial.
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How is the theatre built?
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going up
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About how many actors were in a play?
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1,2, or 3
played both female and male parts
all men actors
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T/F
they wore make-up in plays
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FALSE!!
they wore masks w/ megaphones
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