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| Ruler of the gods, Greek or Roman |
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| Wife of the gods' ruler, Greek or Roman |
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| Greek goddess of wisdom and protector of Athens |
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| Greek sporting festival held every four years to honor Zeus |
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| Greek "Father of Scientific Medicine" |
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| Doctors' pledge developed by a Greek physician |
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| Mathematician who developed fundamental rules of geometry |
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| Mathematician and philosopher who developed an enduring theorem about right triangles |
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| Doctor who compiled a widely used medical encyclopedia |
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| Alexandrian authority on astronomy |
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| Ptolemy's theory of the universe, accepted until the 1600s |
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| Scientist who developed the first two steps of the scientific method |
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| Scientist who mastered the use of the lever and compound pulley |
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| Geographer who accurately calculated the earth's size |
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| Astronomers who concluded that the earth revolved around the sun |
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| Scientist who believed that all matter is made up of atoms |
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| What Greek scientists lacked |
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| Aristotle's method of grouping similar plants and animals |
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| Belief in a number of gods, a feature of Greek and Roman religion |
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| Rome's great amphitheater; site of gladiator fights |
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| Central hill of Athens; site of exceptional temples |
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| Artifacts on which the best-preserved Greek paintings were found |
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| Athens' renowned temple dedicated to Athena |
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| Familiar Greek statue of an athlete by Myron |
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| Domed building in Rome built in honor of gods |
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| Baths built for thousands of bathers |
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| Roman oval arena; site of chariot races |
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| Roman city, destroyed by a volcano, that has yielded many preserved art treasures |
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| Roman architectural elements not used by the Greeks |
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| the arch and the vaulted dome |
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| First of Greece's greatest sculptors |
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| Artist who specialized in large, formal sculpture of decline |
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| Famed sculptor of graceful human forms |
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| Style of architecture based on Greek and Roman buildings; style of the U.S. Capitol |
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| Roman sculpture form in which images project from a flat background |
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| Colorful Minoan and Roman wall paintings |
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| Minoan and Roman artworks created with small pieces of glass, stone, and/or tile |
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| Where Greek plays were performed |
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| Form of literature and entertainment invented by the Greeks |
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| Drama about people's suffering |
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| Plays that focus on humor |
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| Epic poet credited with composing the Iliad and the Odyssey |
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| Semilegendary slave and fable writer |
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| Female lyric poet from the island of Lesbos |
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| Earliest and greatest writer of Greek stage comedies |
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| The language of ancient Romans |
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| Roman epic poem about Aeneas, modeled after the Iliad |
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| Roman epic poet, author of the Aeneid |
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| Roman poet who wrote odes, satires, and epistles |
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| Author of love lyrics and legends in verse |
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| Roman development in writing |
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| Writer of tragedies including Oedipus Rex |
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| Most realistic of the three great writers of tragedy |
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| Family of languages that developed from Latin |
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| Greek study of the meaning of life and the nature of the world |
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| Questioning philosopher condemned to death by poison |
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| Student of Socrates, founder of a renowned school |
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| Student of Plato, brilliant philosopher, scientist, and logician |
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| Plato's book about ideal state or government |
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| Step-by-step questioning to arrive at a final conclusion, the truth |
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| Roman historian who wrote an account about early Germans |
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| Renowned Roman lawyer, politician, and orator |
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| Roman emperor, military leader, and author of the Stoic Meditations |
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| The "Father of History," the first great Western historian |
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| Famous historian of the Peloponnesian War |
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| Greek ideal of aesthetics and thought |
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| Roman who wrote a multivolume history of Rome |
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| Author of the Commentaries on the Gallic war, later emperor |
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| Greek author of Parallel Lives |
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| Roman schools of advanced studies |
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| Philosophy that focused on living a vice-free life |
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| Philosophy that focused on virtuous conduct and the absence of pain |
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