Some Important Things To Know

• agora - public open space used for assemblies and markets
• polis - city-state in Ancient Greece, especially as considered in its ideal form for philosophical  purposes  
• the importance of the year 508 BC to the ancient Greeks - democracy is introduced in Athens
• Socrates - classical Greek philosopher credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy, and as being the first moral philosopher of the Western ethical tradition of thought 
• the death of Socrates - went on trial and was found guilty of corrupting the the minds of the youth of Athens and of impiety, and as punishment sentenced to death, caused by the drinking of a mixture containing poison hemlock
• the Socratic method - a form a cooperative argumentative dialogue between individuals, based on asking and answering questions to stimulate critical thinking and t draw out ideas and underlying presuppositons  
• what the ancient Greeks meant if they called you an idiot -  it means you did not contribute to the community or politics - came from the word "Idios" which means the self