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vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| polis | a city state in ancient Greece |
| acropolis | a walled, high area surrounding a polis |
| agora | an open area that served as a meeting place and market in early Greek city-states. |
| helots | in ancient Greece state slaves |
| hoplites | foot soldiers in ancient Greece. |
| hubris | great pride. |
| democracy | a government run by the people |
| Solon | was an Athenian statesman, brought the first democracy to Greece |
| tyrant | a strong man who seized power by force |
| cleisthenes | was an ancient Athenian lawgiver credited with reforming the constitution of ancient Athens and setting it on a democratic footing in 508 BC. |
| direct democracy | the type of governing system where all people vote directly on an issue. |
| archon | a chief of state of ancient Athens. |
| phalanx | body of soldiers standing or moving in close formation. |
| Pericles | Athenian statesman he encouraged democracy in Athens |
| Socrates | Greek philosopher of Athens, his teaching style was based on asking questions . |
| Plato | Plato founded the Academy in Athens. An integral part of his thought is the theory of 'ideas' or 'forms', in which abstract entities or universals are contrasted with their objects or particulars in the material world. |
| Aristotle | An ancient Greek philosopher and student of Plato. Along with Plato, he is considered the "Father of Western Philosophy |
| reason | clear and ordered thinking |
| logic | the process of making inferences |
| homer | Greek poet wrote the odyssey |
| lyric poetry | a type of poetry that gained its name from the lyre, an instrument that played while poetry was sung |
| herodotus | Greek historian most famous work is the histories. |
| Thucydides | Greek historian of Athens, he wrote the history of the Peloponnesian war. |
| Alexander the great | king of Macedon; conqueror of Greece and Egypt and Persia; founder of Alexandria (356-323 BC) |
| Hellenistic | the blending of Greek cultures with those of Persia, Egypt, central Asia |
| Euclid | Greek geometer he created the practical books on geometric forms and mathamatics |
| Eratosthenes | Greek astronomer and geographer he calculated the circumference of the globe using careful observations and simple geometry. |
| Archimedes | Greek mathematician and inventor he was know for his work on geometry, physics and mechanics. |
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