Greek Words Defined

Arête- in its basic sense means excellence of any kind. In its earliest appearance in Greek, this notion of excellence was ultimately bound up with the perception of the fulfillment of purpose: the act of living up to one's full potential.

Polis- this is an ancient Greece city-state, it also means citizenship and body of citizens.   

Socrates- was a classical Greek Athenian philosopher. He was one of the founders of Western philosophy. Through his interpretation in Plato's dialogues, Socrates has become well-known for his impact to the field of ethics, and it is this Platonic Socrates who also lends his name to the ideas of Socratic irony and the Socratic Method.

The death of Socrates- Socrates was sentenced to death by a deadly poison, hemlock, which made it a fast but painful death for him. He had the chance to go into exile but he refused. He also had the chance to take back what he said but he did not want to take back his beliefs.  

The date 508 BC- after the three-year in 508 b.c. a man named Klisthenis came to power. He placed the basics of Athenian democracy. The most notorious was the acceleration of races.   Agora is the chief marketplace of Athens, center of the city’s civic life. The word means “gathering place” or “Assembly.”  

What the ancient Greeks meant if they called you an idiot- in ancient Greece if you did not vote for someone you would be publicly marked as an idiot.