Ancient Greek Vocabulary

traditional stories about gods and heroes

• epic

• myth

• oracle

• Fable

sacred shrine where a priest or priestess spoke for a god or goddess

• fable

• epic

• myth

• oracle

long poems told about heroic deeds

• myth

• epic

• fable

• oracle

short tale that teaches a lesson

• myth

• fable

• oracle

• epic

where the story ends happily

• drama

• tragedy

• comedy

story told by actors who pretend to be characters in the story

• drama

• comedy

• tragedy

where a person struggles to overcome difficulties but fails

• drama

• tragedy

• comedy

Greek word for love or wisdom

• philospher

• philosophy

• sophist

• socratic method

Greek thinkers who believed the human mind could understand everything

• philosopher

• sophist

• philosophy

• socratic method

Using pointed questions to require students to use reason to see things for themselves

• philosopher

• sophist

• philosophy

• socratic method