Ancient Greece

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a play or film in which characters fail to overcome serious problems

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Tragedy

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a traditional story that explains the practices or beliefs of a people or something in the natural world

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Myth

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a set of promises about patient care that new doctors make when they start practicing medicine

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Hippocratic oath

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words or actions that are part of a religious ceremony

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Ritual

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The art of public speaking and debate

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Rhetoric

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Greek teachers of philosophy, reasoning, and public speaking

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Sophists

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The philosophy of the Stoics who believed that people should not try to feel joy or sadness.

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Stoicism

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a story written in the form of a play

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Drama

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part of an army in which the soldiers ride horses

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Cavalry

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a sacred shrine where a priest or priestess spoke for a god or goddess

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Oracle