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polis or city state which became the basic potential political unit in Greece
acropolis in addition to fortification, the acropolis usually housed temples to the gods or places to public ceremony.
agora or marketplace,where people did business,gossiped and discussed politics.
helots or state slaves,they were given to Spartan citizens for farm work.
hoplites or foot soldiers, they remained in the army for 10 years.
hubris or a great pride brought to many heroes to tragic ends.
democracy a form of government run by the people.
tyrant a strongman who seized power by force and claimed a rule for the good of the people.
direct democracy a type of system which all people voted directly on issue is called a direct democracy
archon who served as chief of state in Athens.
phalanx a tight rectangle formation in which soldiers held long spears out ahead of a wall of shields.
reason means clear and ordered thinking.
logic the process of making inferences.
lyric poetry. named after the musical instrument the lyre.
hellenistic or greeklike
draco he reformed the city laws
solon revised the laws again in the 590's bc
peisisstraus a politician who was a tyrant
cleisthenes took over athens
Pericles a skilled politician and public speaker.
Homer was a poet and wrote the odyssey
Herodutus who lived in Greece during the wars in Persia.
Thucydides lived during the Peloponnesian war.
Euclid who formulated many ideas about geometry
Eraosthenes He is known for calculating the size of the world.
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