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Greece Part 2
Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| direct democracy | people gather at mass meetings to discuss governmental matters |
| representative democracy | citizens choose a smaller group to make laws and decisions on behalf of them |
| philosopher | thinkers that believed the human mind could understand everything |
| myth | traditional stories about gods and heroes |
| siege | soldiers surrounding a city to take control of it |
| epic | a long poem that tells a story |
| fable | short tale that teaches a lesson |
| tragedy | story or play where a person struggles to overcome difficulties but fails |
| comedy | story or play where the story ends happily |
| cosmopolitan | worldly atmosphere |