Ancient Greek Vocabulary 9/3/14

• Agora- (dictionary.com)
• a political assembly
• the place where such an assembly met originally a marketplace or public square  
• Arete-(dictionary.com)
• the aggregate of qualities,as valor and virtue, making up good character.
• Polis- (dictionary.com), (wikipedia)
• an ancient greek city-state
• The ancient Greek city-state developed during the Archaic period as the ancestor of city, state, and citizenship.
• 508 BC
• year of the pre-julian roman calender
• in greece-democracy in the City of Athens was established
• The death of Socretes- biogeraphy.com
• taught things suggesting that politicians were at the highest authority, not god
• accused of being an aethiest
• given the death sentence. 
• Socratic  method- law.uchicago.edu
• continually asking questions until a contradiction is found to prove if someone is lying. 
• Idiot
• originally greek
• person lacking a professional skill