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Flashcards in The Greek Way-East & West Deck (5)
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1
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East (middle east, Egypt) focus

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  • physical
  • Afterlife
  • “life is cruel”
2
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East social status

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  • priests
  • pharaohs
  • slavery: slaves built pyramids
3
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East famous ppl

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-Homeric Greeks
~pleasing the gods
~honor, legacy (kleos)
>Elysium: great heros go here in Afterlife

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West (Greece-Athens) focus

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  • mind, soul
  • live mortal life well
  • knowledge, reason, logic
  • learning
5
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West acomplishments

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-democracy-citizens free
-philosophy
~philos: love
~sophia: wisdom
-encourage curiosity