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Ancient Greece

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TermDefinition
polis Greek word for city-state
acropolis a fortress atop a tall hill in the center of the city-states
democracy type of government in which people rule themselves
aristocrats rich landowners
oligarchy government in which only a few people have power
aristocracy society ruled by rich landowners
citizens people with the right to participate in government
tyrant leader who rules by the use of force
Pericles Athenian leader who ruled at the hdight of Athenian democracy
alliance an agreement to work together
Peloponnesian War a war between the two great Greek city-states of Athens and Sparta in 400s BC
mythology body of stories about gods or heroes that tries to explain how the world works
Homer author of two great epic poems, Iliad and the Odyssey
Sappho most famous lyrical poet of ancient Greece
Aesop author of the world's most famous set of fables
fables short stories that offer lessons on living
Socrates the first of the great Greek thinkers and teachers
Plato teacher and thinker, student of Socrates, and founder of the Academy
reason clear and ordered thinking
Euclid great and influential mathematician
Hippocrates great Greek doctor who taught how to treat disease by understanding what caused illness
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