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history stuff- Greece

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homer   a poet who wrote epic poems. wrote the Odyssey and the Illiad  
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aegean sea   sea off the coast of greece that seperates Greece and Turkey and persia  
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peloponesus   peninsula off of Greece. City states there: Corinth, Micine, Sparta  
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Crete   An island south of Greece. Main city= Knossus.  
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Knossus   main city of Crete. Place where the Labyrinth and Minotaur legends took place  
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King Minos   King of Minoan. Sent random kids to the Minotaur  
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City-State   a self governed city and surrounding areas  
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Democracy   People rule together  
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Oligarchy   dictators. rule by several people  
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Tyrant   a person who took power by force and rules with an iron hand  
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Herodotus   historian called father of modern history. Wrote about the Persian war  
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Oracle   Shrines where messages from the Gods were received  
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Delphi   Ancient city of Apollo in Greece. Has the oracle of Delphi there, which is an oracle dedicated to Apollo.  
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Tragedy   something sad or bad. Has a bad ending because a hero has a tragic flaw that causes his defeat.  
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Sophocles   Wrote Oedipus Rex. (story where Oedipus marries his mother and kills his father)  
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Euripides   Wrote Trojan Women.  
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Marathon   Field at which the battle of Marathon was fought. 26.2 miles from Greece.  
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Phidippides   A Professional runner. The fastest Athenian runner that ran from Marathon to Athens to tell the Athenians they had won the war, and then he died.  
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Thermopylae   A mountain pass on a Greek mainland where the Persians defeated 300 Spartans but then the Spartans defeated them at the island of Salamis.  
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Darius   Father of Xerxes. Persian king. Lost war at Marathon  
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Xerxes   Son of Darius. He led some of the Persian wars.  
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Salamis   Island Athenians fled to while Athens was being burnt after the battle of Thermopylae  
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Pericles   Leader of Athenians (during the Golden Age only). Died of the plague. Some Greek Historian wrote about how Pericles had a powerful voice and wrote/spoke great speeches.  
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An Acropolis   the highest point in a city  
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Parthenon   Temple designated to Athena on top of the Acropolis. Has 46 columns.  
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Thucydides   Greek Historian who wrote about the end of the Peloponesian War  
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Philosophy   the search for the truth and the meanings of life  
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Socrates   A great Philosopher. Used Socratic method to teach and went to trial and drank poison and then died. Plato's teacher. Came first  
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Plato   Socrates student. Wrote books about socrates. Most famous book, The Republic.  
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The Acropolis   A mountain in the center of Athens. Has many temples and buildings on it. Parthenon on it.  
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Aristotle   Plato's student. Wrote about science and literature in books. Was Alexanders teacher and taught him about science and literature.  
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Hellenistic   Greek Like (not pure Greek but Greek like). Time when Alexander the Great spread Greek culture throughout the places he conquered.  
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Pythagoras   made Pythagorean therum= A squared+B squared= C squared. Mathematician.  
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Hippocrates   first doctor to look for the natural causes in diseases and started the Hippocratic Oath about how doctors should never hurt.  
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Hellenic   pure Greek culture  
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Agora   Market square near the Acropolis where men spent most of their time. you could shop, communicate, and be a part of the assembly.  
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Sparta   slave population was much larger than citizens. Slaves built very strong army.  
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Spartan Government   monarchy but with two kings. the assembly could not propose laws only vote for or against them.  
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Helots   people that farmed the citizens land that the citizens were given by the government.  
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Spartan culture   shaped by the military. not considered as "good" as Athens (art wise)  
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Athenian culture   poetry, pottery, sculptures, literature, strong democracy, more... "artsy" than Sparta.  
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spartan boys education   left their homes at seven to go live in barracks with other boys. learned to read and write and they trained a lot. at night, they slept on the floor in light clothes in order to make them tougher and stronger.  
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spartan girls education   also got physical education in order to have strong children. they practiced: discuss throwing, wrestling, and running.  
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Athenian boys education   7+:Reading, writing, math, poetry, and dance.  
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Athenian girls education   no education; taught crafts and poetry by their mothers and got married at age 15.  
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Metics   guest worker, foreigner.  
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