Satyr. Greek mythical man-goat. Pan. Sileni.

Septuagint. 3-2C BC. Oldest Greek translation of Old Testament.

Seven Against Thebes. Legendary Greek heroes, fought to restore Thebes throne to Polynices.

Sibyl. Mythical Greek prophetess. Interceded with gods for humans.

Sicyon. 4C BC Ancient Greek city known for artists.

Sileni. Greek half man, half horse beings.

Sirens. Greek sea nymphs, half bird, half woman. Song lured sailors onto rocks.

Smyrna. =Izmir. 3000BC Greek city in Turkey. 600BC Lydian. 4C Greek 1425 Ottoman. 1920-2. Greeks occupy, massacre.

Socrates. c470-399BC. Greek philosopher. Knowledge is the key to influencing destiny. Ignorance leaves one subject to fate. Socratic method of teaching by dialog. Dialectic. Condemned for impiety and corrupting the young - drank hemlock. “Know thyself”.

Sophists. 5-4C BC. Wandering Greek philosophers who taught rhetoric and logic for a fee. Protagoras.

Sopho. c650BC. Greek lyric poet.

Sophocles. c495-406BC. Greek tragic poet. Introduced third actor to tragedy. Antigone 442. Oedipus Rex 427.

Soranus. 1-2C. Greek gynecologist. Described contraception. Dominated medicine 1500 years.

Sparta. 9C BC-396. A dominant Greek city-state 6-4C BC. Peloponnesian War defeated rival Athens. 396 Visigoths destroy.

Sphynx. Greek mythical creature with lion’s body, human head. Killed who could not solve riddle. Earliest known 2550BC.

Stesichorus. c632-556BC. Innovative Greek lyric poet.

Strabe. 63BC-21. Greek historian, geographer. Cumulated knowledge in Geographica.

Strickland, Wm. 1787-1854. US Greek Revival architect.

Sybaris. 720-510BC. Wealthy decadent Greek city in Italy. Rebuilt twice.

Telemachus. Greek son of Odysseus and Penelope. Mentor.

Ten Thousand, Expedition of. 401BC. Xenophon leads Persian-paid Greek mercenaries out of Iraq.

Terence. c185-159BC. Roman dramatist. Adapted Greek works. Adelphi 160.

Thales. c624-546BC. Greek philosopher/scientist. Predicted eclipse, 585. First to enunciate the existence of natural laws of science. Water as basis of all matter. Critical discussion leads to knowledge. Static electricity.

Thebes. 1500-335BC Boeotian Greek city razed by Alexander the Great. Oedipus.

Themis. Greek goddess of wisdom, justice.

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