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Ancient Greece Vocab
Ancient Greece
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| peninsula | area of land nearly surrounded by water |
| epic | long poem that tells a story |
| acropolis | high, rocky hill on or near which early people built cities |
| city-state | city with its own traditions and its own government and laws; both a city and a separate independent state |
| aristocrat | member of a rich and powerful family |
| tyrant | ruler who takes power with the support of the middle and working classes; not necessarily cruel and violent |
| democracy | form of government in which citizens govern themselves |
| tribute | payment made by a less powerful state or nation to a more powerful one |
| immortal | someone or something that lives forever |
| philosopher | someone who uses reason to understand the world (in Greece, the earliest philosophers used reason to explain natural events) |
| tragedy | type of serious drama that ends in disaster for the main character |
| agora | public market and meeting place in ancient Greece |
| plague | a widespread disease |
| blockade | the cutting off of an area by enemy forces that closes it to travel and trade |
| barbarian | a person who belongs to a group that another group considers to be savage or uncivilized |
| assassinate | to murder for political reasons |
| Hellenistic | describing Greek culture after the death of Alexander the Great-including 3 main kingdoms formed by the breakup of Alexander's empire |
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