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| Traditional story describing God's or Hero's or explaining natural events. |
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| Sacred shrine where a priest or priestess spoke for a God or Godess. |
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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 overcome 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 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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| A professional teacher in ancient Greece; believed that people should use knowledge to improve themselves and developed the art of public speaking and debate. |
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| Way of teaching developed by Socrates that used a 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 Epicurus in Hellenistic Athens; taught that happiness through the pursuit of pleasure was the goal of life. |
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| Philosphy founded by Zeno in Hellenistic Athens; taught that happiness came not from following emotions but from following reason and doing one's 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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