Ch. 6- Greek Civilizations Vocabulary

A traditional story that explains the practices and beliefs of a people or something in the natural world.

• Myths

• Fable

• Oral Tradition

• Drama

A story meant to teach a lesson

• Myths

• Fable

• Oral Tradition

• Drama

The custom of passing along stories by speech

• Myths

• Fable

• Oral Tradition

• Drama

A story written in the form of a play.

• Myths

• Fable

• Oral Tradition

• Drama

A play or film that tells a humorous story

• Comedy

• Tragedy

• Style

• Sophists

A distinctive form or type of something.

• Comedy

• Tragedy

• Style

• Sophists

A play or film in which the characters fail to overcome a serious problem.

• Comedy

• Tragedy

• Style

• Sophists

Greek teachers of philosophy, reasoning, and public speaking.

• Comedy

• Tragedy

• Style

• Sophists

The art of public speaking and debate

• Rhetoric

• Socratic Method

• Hippocratic Oath

• Cavalry

Philosophical method of questioning to gain truth.

• Rhetoric

• Socratic Method

• Hippocratic Oath

• Cavalry