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Greek vocabs
vocab1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| epic | a long poem that tells the story of a hero |
| barbarians | the name given by the Greeks to any people who were not Greek |
| colonies | areas set up in coquetry lands by the Greek city states for use when they themselves become overpopulated |
| Minoan | an ancient Cretan civilization |
| myths | legends or stories that attempt to explain natural events |
| Dorian's | a group that invaded Greece around 1000b.c |
| Hellenes | the name the Dorains gave themselves |
| acropolis | a hilltop fortress in acient athems witchg |
| agora | the central marketplace in acient athens and the site of numerous temples and goverment buildings |
| mattock | a hevey hoe whitch was the cheif too of greek farmers |
| drama | a serious play or theatical event |
| metics | a class of people in athens who are not citizens |
| helots | one of the spartan slaves classes |
| city-state | a selef government unit made up of a city and its surroundings villiages and farmland |
| homer | a greek epic poet and author of the illiad and odyssey |
| monarchy | a system of goverment in wich a monarkey - a king queen or emperer is the sole and absolure ruler |
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