Monday, September 2, 2013

Ancient Greeks Vocab

Agora - A public marketplace in Ancient Greece

Arete - Excellence of any kind

Polis - City

508 BC - A year of war and conflict

Socrates - A classical greek athenian philosopher

The death of socrates- A 1787 oil on canvas painting by the french painter Jacques-Louis David

The socratic method - A form of inquiry and discussion between individuals, based on asking and answering questions to simulate critical thinking and to illuminate ideas 

What ancient greeks meant if they called you idiot - It meant lacking professional skill and being individual 

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