Define Terms Assignment

• Agora- a central spot in ancient Greek city-states. The literal meaning would be "gathering place" or "assembly." It was very important to most people in ancient Greece. The agora was the center of athletic, artistic, spiritual and political life of the city. Agora was like the meeting place where some people would gather for military purposes or situations involving the council.
• Arete- means excellence of any kind it also means "moral virtue." In early Greece, this notion of excellence was pretty important to the citizens of ancient Greece. 
• Polis- means city in Greek. It also means citizenship and body of citizens. An example of one popular city-state would be Classical Athens. Acropolis of Athens was a noted polis of ancient Greece.
• The year 508 BC- this year was part of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. During the Roman empire it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Poplicola and Tricipitinus. There were many wars taking place in 508 BC. It was the overthrow of Roman monarchy and the beginning of the Republican period.
• Socrates- was a Greek philosopher and he was one of the founders of Western philosophy. Facts about his life would be known from the writings of his students, Plato and Xenophon. He was born in 470 BCE, and died in 399 BC.
• The death of Socrates- is a oil on canvas painting by a French painter named Jacques-Louis David. Socrates was sentenced to die by drinking poison hemlock. They sentenced him because he was introducing strange gods and by destroying the youth of Athens.
• The Socratic Method- is also known as the method of elenchus. It was also a negative method of hypothesis elimination. It was a form of inquiry and debate between individuals with different point of views based on asking and answering questions to start critical thinking and illuminate ideas.
• Word for idiot- a private person, someone who was not involved in politics. They weren't usually made public. They were also called intellectually disabled people.

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Wikipedia

http://www.biography.com/people/socrates-9488126