ANCIENT GREECE NOTES (Part 3)

ANCIENT GREECE NOTES (Part 3)

Greek Culture

•Philosophy = the search for ______and ______

–Greek word meaning “the ______of wisdom”

•S______

–First of the great ______philosophers

–Everything known about Socrates comes from the writings of his ______

–Interested in broad concepts of ______

–Best way to learn is to ask ______

•Use question-and-answer format to acquire ______

•Known as the ______method

–Socrates was charged with disrespect for religion and ______the city’s children

•Thought he caused children to question the actions of the ______

•Believed the displeasure of the gods caused Athens to ______the war

–Sentenced to death by drinking a cup of ______, a poison

•P______

–Student of ______

–His most famous work was the ______

•Gov’t should be led by the people most qualified to make good decisions - ______

–Plato founded the ______, a school where respected philosophers could teach their students and hold ______

–Questioned ______and believed in ideal ______

•Every material object in the world was only the ______of a perfect ideal

•A______

–Student of ______

–Emphasis on ______and ______to study the natural world

•Reason = clear and ______thinking

•Logic = the ______of making inferences

–Aristotle believed in analyzing through ______and investigation

•People should use ______to learn about the world by making careful observations

•Influenced the development of science in ______

•History

–Def: a systematic ______of past events, created by the ______

–The Greeks were one of the first people to ______about and analyze the past

–______– First historian, wrote about the ______Wars

–______– considered to be the ______historian of the ancient world

•Included many primary speeches and looked at his ______critically

•Greek ______

–Used for ______, two distinct forms of drama

•Tragedies – usually focused on hardships faced by Greek ______

•Comedies – satires, written to expose the ______of society

–Several well-known Greek ______

–S______– concentrated on the suffering people brought upon themselves

•Many of his characters had ______flaws

•Famous play = Oedipus Rex, the story of a king who accidentally kills his ______and marries his ______

–A______– wrote plays based on ancient Greek ______

•Famous play = Oresteia, the tragedies faced by the leader of the Greek army on his way home from the ______War

–E______– wrote about characters whose tragedy was brought about by irrational behavior