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Greek Vocabulary nb
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Drama | The art of play writing |
| Agora | Public marketplace where people did business , gossiped , and discussed politics. |
| Antigonus | Became king of Macedonia and Greece after Alexander's death |
| Phalanx | Tight rectangle formation used by Greek armies |
| Helots | Spartan slaves |
| Xerxes | Led the second Persian invasion of Greece |
| Frescoes | The richest source of information about the Minoan way of life |
| Reason | Clear and ordered thinking |
| Oligarchy | Rule by few individuals |
| Cynicism | Philosophy that rejected pleasure, wealth and social responsibility |
| Philip II | Conquered every major city-state in Greece except Sparta |
| Mycenaeans | Considered be the first Greeks |
| the Iliad | Tells the story of the last year of the Trojan war |
| Draco | Developed a harsh code |
| Euclid | Egyptian who developed many geometry concepts |
| Socratic method | Method of learning through questions |
| Aristotle | Argued that people should use reason to help them learn about the world |
| Eratosthenes | Calculated the circumference of the globe |
| Hoplites | Foot soldiers |
| Epicureans | Philosophers who equated pleasure with good |
| Cleisthenes | Made tribes not families or social groups the basis for elections |
| Stoics | Emphasize reason self discipline emotional control and personal morality |
| Delian League | An alliance of several Greek city-states led by Athens |
| Polis | Basic political unit in Greece |
| Sappho | Greek poet |