Ancient Greece Terminology and history

Today in class we learned about Ancient Greece. We learned some Greek terms, but we mostly focused on Socrates. We learned a lot of terms having to do with the city-state and a little bit of politics. We learned Agora and Polis, which both have to do with the city-state as Agora means meeting place or town square, and Polis means city. We also learned about two words that tie in with A Message to Garcia. The two words were Arete, and alternatively, idiot. Arete is a summary of good qualities that make a good person, where A Message to Garcia demands the reader to act with good character when doing work. The word idiot when spoken by the Greeks actually meant a secluded, self-centered person that didn’t make very good decisions. An ‘idiot’ in Greek terminology usually didn’t make good decisions, and also didn’t have a professional job. We also learned a lot about Socrates, but not about his teachings, with the exception of the Socratic method. I did do research before this class on Socrates for a school project, and Socrates taught some of the values that are represented by A Message to Garcia.