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pg 67-75
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| monarchy | ruled by one |
| council of the elders | monarchy was advised why what group |
| aristocracy | ruled by the "best" |
| oligarchy | rule by the few (practice- few rich) |
| tyranny | ruled by one man who has seized power by rebellion and insurrection |
| democracy | rule by the many or the common people |
| helots | slaves |
| Peloponnesian league | an alliance with Corinth, Megara, and other cities in the Peloponnesus |
| Draco's code | Athens demanded for written laws called |
| solon | gave every freeborn native of attica a vote in the assembly and created a council of four hundred to prepare business for the assembly |
| court of areopagus | only archons were eligible for this court |
| peisistratus | seized control of the city and became the first tyrant of athens |
| cleisthenes | played an important part in the development of the athenian democracy |
| pericles | statesman who brought athens to its fullest measure |
| direct democracy | the citizens made the big decisions of government directly themselves |
| representative democracy | the citizens elect a few men who represent them in the government |
| golden age of greece | age of Pericles is often referred to as what |
| delian league | met on the island of delos |
| 431 - 404 BC peloponnesian war | when was the war between sparta and athens? what was the name of the war? |
| philip II | king of macedonia and conquered almost all of greece |
| demosthenes | famous athenian orator and statesman |
| alexander the great | assumed the macedonian throne |
| battle of ipsus | empire was divided among four generals |
| 338 BC | macedonians conquered greece when |
| hellinic age | classical age of creece |
| protagoras | man is the measure of all things |
| pedagogue | a well-educated slave who was charged with the boy's manners and morals |
| parthenon | was a temple dedicated to athena, the goddes of athens |
| herodotus | greek father of history |
| homer | first great greek poet |
| aesop | legendary greek writer |
| fable | a brief story used to teach a moral |
| sophocles | wrote two tragedies - oedipus rex and antigone |
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