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the greek experiment
chapter 3
| the greek exiperment | Answer |
|---|---|
| hero cults | important ancient greek families would claim that an impressive Mycenean tomb was that of their own famous ancestor and would practice sacrifices and other observations to strength their claim. This devotion could extend to their followers |
| hoplite | a greek foot soldier armed with a spear or short sword and protected by large round sheild |
| polis | indeoendent social and political structures, organized around an urban center, containing markets, temple, controlled a limited amount of territory |
| pre-socratics | Thales, anaximander and anaximenes philosophers that raised questions about the relationship b/w the natural world, the gods. and humans |
| oracle at delph 1400 bce | most important shrine in ancient greece |
| pericles fth century bce | athenian leader who served as strategos for 30 years and pushed through reforms to make athens more democratic by giving every citizen the right to oppose and amend legislation and making it easier for citizens to participate in the assembly and the ..... |
| pericles cont........... | great appeals court of athens by paying an average days wage for attendance. |
| peloponnesian war | the ancient greek war b/w sparta and athens that began in 431 bce and ended with destruction of the athenian fleet in 404bce |
| sappho 620 c 550bce | famous lyric poet, she wrote beatuiful poetry about romantic longing and sexual lust, mostly about woman |
| socrates 469-399 bce | ancient greek philosopher who emphasized the reexamination of all inherited assumptions and tried to base his philosophical speculations on sound definitions of words, also studied ethics |
| sophists | ancient greek professional teachers who taught that sense perception was the source of all knowledge and that only particular truths could be vaild for the individual knower |
| solon 559bce | elected archon in 594bce ancient greek arstiocrat enacted a serious of political and economic reforms that made athenian democracy possible |
| spartiate | a citizen of sparta that was a professional soldier of the hoplite phalanx |
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