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| A city state in ancient Greece , especially as considered in its ideal form for philosophical purposes . |
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| A citadel or fortified part of an ancient Greek city , typically built on a hill . |
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| A form of government with a monarch at the head . |
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| The highest class in certain societies , especially those holding hereditary titles or offices . |
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| A small group of people having control of a country , organization , or institution. |
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| A cruel & oppressive ruler |
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| A system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state , typically through elected representatives . |
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| An event causing great suffering , destruction , & distress , such as a serious accident , crime , or natural catastrophe . |
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| Comedy is a genre of fiction consisting of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter . |
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| A person engaged or learned in philosophy , especially as an academic discipline . |
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| Socrates was a Greek philosopher from Athens who is credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy |
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| Plato was an Athenian philosopher during the Classical period in Ancient Greece ,founder of the Platonist school of thought & the Academy , the first institution of higher learning in the Western world . |
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| Aristotle was a Greek philosopher & polymath during the Classical period in Ancient Greece . |
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| The Hellenistic period covers the period of Mediterranean history between thedeath of Alexander the Great in 323 BC & the emergence of the Roman Empire , as signified by the Battle of Actium in 31 BC & the conquest of Ptolemaic Egypt the following year . |
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