Friday, September 5, 2014

About ancient Greece

Agora- The marketplace in Athens that is used for popular meetings and other things like a popular meeting place.
Arete- Excellence of any kind
Polis- normally used to indicate the ancient greek cities of states
the year 508 BC- A year of the pre-Julian calendar . It was known as the year of consulship of Poplicola and Tricipitinus
Socrates- A greek philosopher who was credited as one of the founders of western philosophy 
The death of socrates- A painting done by Jacques-Louis David in 1787
The socratic method- A form of inquiry and discussion between individuals based on asking and answering questions to stimulate critical thinking and illuminate ideas
If the ancient Greeks called you an idiot, they actually mean that you were a person lacking professional skill




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