Learning about Ancient Greek Terms

Today, I did not get much accomplished. We spent the whole time trying to get every one's blog to work, and by the time we were finished, class was already over! I did not do much except for answer a few of Mr. Schick's questions. Mr. Schick sent us all home with an assignment though. He wanted us to research a few words that relate to Ancient Greece. I will list the words and their definitions below.

• arête: describing someone who gives 100% effort; the best someone can be.
• Polis: translating to city in Greek; an Ancient Greek city-state.
• Socrates: Ancient Greek philosopher. Born 470/469 BC in Athens. Died 399 BC.
• Socrates death: Socrates attempted to change the way of justice and peoples pursuit of goodness in Athens. He was also guilty of impiety and was sentenced to death by drinking poison.
• The Socratic Method: a method of teaching in which the teacher asks a series of questions instead of directly telling information. 
• The date 508 BC: Athens becomes one of the first colonies to establish democracy.
• Agora: an Ancient Greek marketplace.
• What the Ancient Greeks meant if they called you an idiot: some one who had better things to do than vote in a democratic election. 

So those are the 8 words I was supposed to research. I was surprised to know what "idiot" meant in Ancient Greece. I would have never guessed that.