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15 Cards in this Set
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acropolis
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high hill
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Myron
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sculptor,golden age, "The Discus Thrower"
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Phidias
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Sculptor,golden age,
"Athena" for parthenon "Zeus" for temple of Olympia |
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Praxiteles
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100 years after Phidias,made natural and lifelike figures
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Philosophy
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the study of basic questions of reality and human exixtence
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aristocracy
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gov ruled by the upper class
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Socrates
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education was the key to personal growth
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plato
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student of socrates
thory of forms=material things were imperfect expressions of perfect universal ideas |
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aristotle
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student of plato logic and systems
"ethics" how we get happy "poetics" analyzes greek dramas |
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Pythagoras
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all could be explained by mathematics
pythagorean theorem |
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Hoppocrates
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founder of medical science
beleived in natural disease and treatment. not magic. |
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Herodetus
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first historian of western world
great soryteller |
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sophocles
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tragedy playwright
defended traditional values "oedipus rex" |
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euripedes
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playwright, realist,questioned old ideas, "the trojan women"
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aritophanes
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comedic playwright sharp wit "clouds"made fun of socrates
disliked war |