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158 Chapter 5 Word Elements: Prefixes■ Using Related WordsComplete each sentence with the correct form. Use each choice only once.FACT AND FICTION FROM ANCIENT GREECE1. incongruously, incongruousIt might soundfor a scientist to make afamous discovery while sitting in a bathtub. But that’s whereArchimedes discovered an important principle of physics. Evenmore“Eureka!” (I have found it!), this distinguished scientist yelled2. autonomy, autonomousIn 490 BCE, Darius, king of the vast Persian empire, decided toconquer the city-state of Athens and end its .Against all odds, Athens defeated the Persian army on the Plain ofMarathon and remained. Pheidippides rantwenty-six miles to deliver news of the victory to Athens. Sincethen, a race of twenty-six miles, or any long, difficult contest, hasbeen called a “marathon.”3. impartial, impartialityThe philosopher Socrates was a famous teacher in ancient Athens.Unfortunately, when he criticized city leaders, they brought him totrial for corrupting youth. The trial was so emotional that it wasimpossible to bein the debate. In 399 BCE,the authorities condemned Socrates to die by drinking the poisonhemlock. Although the city elders stated that they had acted with4. exploitation, exploited, others disagreed.You have most likely heard of Aesop’s fables. Aesop, who was probablya slave, lived in ancient Greece in about 500 BCE. In one of hisfables, a couple had a goose that laid one golden egg each day.Copyright © Cengage Learning. All Right Reserved.