a letter to garcia.
agora- a place were people meet up for assemblies of such
- the greeks invented the first theatre and democracy
arete- means excellence, for example; decorated potery
polis- city state in greece at the time
the year 508 bc(why its important)- this was the year they overthrew the government
socrates- this person was a famous philosopher, he wanted people to be informed
the death of socrates- he was sentenced to death because people thought he was a threat, he was charged with the corruption of the youth of athens
the socratic method- known as method of elenchus, elentic method, or socratic debate
what the ancient greeks meant if they called someone "idiot"- the word comes from a greek word "idiotes"
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