Vocabulary Chapter 5

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Vocabulary Chapter 5

• 3 Column Notes
• Assignment 10

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Myth 1. Traditional story describing gods, heroes, or explaining natural events
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2. Mt. Olympus 2. Highest mountain in Greece home of the Gods
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3. Oracle 3. Sacred shine where a priest or priestess spoke for a god or goddess.
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4. Epic 4. Long poem that tells about legendary or heroic deeds.
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5. Homer 5. Greek author who wrote epics such as Iliad and The Odyssey
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6. Fable Short tale that teaches a lesson
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7. Drama Story told by actors who pretend to be characters in a story
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8. Tragedy 8.Form of drama in which a person struggles to overcome difficulties but meets an unhappy ending
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9.Herodotus Father of History 9. Wrote history of the Persian wars first historian who tried to separate fact from fiction
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10. Macedonia 10. Geographical region north of Greece
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11. Legacy What a person leaves behind when he or she dies
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12. Hellenistic Era Period when the Greek language and Greek ideas spread to the non Greek peoples of SW Asia
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13. EPICUREANISM Philosophy founded by Epicurus in Hellenistic Athens taught that happiness through the pursuit of pleasure was the goal in life.
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14. Stoicism Philosophy taught by Zeno in Hellenistic Athens taught that happiness came not from following emotions, but from following reasons and doing ones duty.
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15. Astronomer Person who studies stars, planets, and other heavenly bodies
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16. Plane Geometry Branch of mathematics that shows how points, lines, angles, and surfaces relate to one another.