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Polis   a city-state of ancient Greece  
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acropolis   a walled,high area surrounding a polis  
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agora   an open area that served as a meeting place and market in early Greek city-states  
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helots   in ancient Greece,state slaves  
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hoplites   foot soldiers in ancient Greece  
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hubris   great pride  
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democracy   a government run by the people  
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Tyrant   a strong man who seized power by force and claimed to rule for the good of the people  
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direct democracy   the type of governing system where all people vote directly on an issue  
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archon   a chief of state of ancient Athens  
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phalanx   a military formation composed of rows of soldiers standing shoulder to shoulder carrying pikes or heavy spears  
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Pericles   Athenian Statesman  
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Socrates   Greek philosopher of Athens  
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Plato   Greek philosopher; student of Socrates  
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Aristotle   Greek philosopher and student of Plato  
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Reason   clear and ordered thinking  
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logic   the process of making inferences  
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Homer   Greek poet  
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lyric poetry   a type of poetry that gained it's name from the lyre,an instrument that played while they poetry was sung  
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Herodotus   Greek historian  
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Thucydides   Greek historian of Athens  
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Hellenistic   the blending of Greek cultures with those of Persia,Egypt,and central Asia following the conquests of Alexander the Great  
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Euclid   Greek Geometer  
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Eratosthenes   Greek astronomer and geographer  
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Archimedes   Greek mathematician and inventor  
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