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Greek Review mp

Greek Review

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Polis or city-state which became the basic political unit in greece
Acropolis a typical polis was built around a high area
agora marketplace where people did business
helots state slaves
hoplites foot soldiers
hubris great pridebrought many heroes to tragic ends
democracy a form government run by the people
tyrant strongman who siezed power by force and claimed to rule for the food of people
Solon lawmaker
Cleisthenes reformer took over Athens
direct democracy system, in which all people vote on each measure
archon served as the cheif of state in athens
phalanx tight rectangle formation in which soldiers held long spears out ahead of a wall of shields
pericles rebuilder of athens
reason clear and ordered thinking
logic process of making inferences
Homer a poet greek literature
lyric poetry poems played
herodotus lived in greece during the wars of persia
thucydides wrote in detial about wars
hellenistic a diverse culture of greek
Euclid formated many ideas about geometry
Eratosthenes was a calculator of the earth's size
Archimedes one of ancientworld's greatest inventors.
Alexander the Great the greatest king , whorose power in Macedonia
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