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Ancient Greece Vocab
list of vocab to accompany study of Ancient Greece
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| City-state/ polis | a self-sufficient city with its own ruler/capital |
| Peninsula | land surrounded by water on three sides |
| Citizen | a man, 21, of Athenian parents, able to vote |
| Democracy | government by the people |
| Monarchs | a hereditary leader like a king, queen or emperor |
| Colony | a group of people who leave their country to form a new land |
| Conquer | to acquire by force |
| Evolve | to develop gradually |
| Rights | a just claim that may be legal or moral |
| Resposibility | the state of being accountable |
| Scarcity | shortness of supply |
| Expression | the act of setting forth words |
| Values | related importance |
| Aristocrat | a person who has qualities of the superior class |
| Comedy | any branch of drama dealing with a happy conclusion |
| Tragedy | any branch of drama dealing with a sad conclusion |
| Mythology | the study of myths- a set of stories |
| Philosopher | a person who offers views on life such as ethics, metaphysics and logic |
| Hippocrates | Father of Medicine c 460- c 377 |
| Battle of Thermopylae | Google Search Battle |
| Philosophers- Socrates, Aristotle, Plato | Google Search People |
| Pythagoras | Google Search Mathmatician |
| Homer- Odyssey and Illiad | Google Search Author and Epic Poems |
| Peloponnesian War | Google Search War between Cit- States |
| Trojan Horse | Google Search Attack |
| insist | demand something forcefully, not accepting refusal. |
| hostile | unfriendly; antagonistic. |
| obtain | get, acquire, or secure (something) |
| dedicate | devote or give yourself (time, effort, or oneself) to a particular task or purpose. |
| conduct | the manner in which a person behaves |