Vocabulary
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| mattock | a heavy hoe which was the chief tool of Greek farmers.
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| drama | a serious play or theatrical event.
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| metric | a class of people in Athens who were not citizens.
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| helots | one of the Spartan slave classes.
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| city-state | a self government unit made up of a city and its surroundings villages and farmland.
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| homer | a Greek epic poet and author of the Iliad and odyssey.
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| oligarchy | a system of government in which a few people rule.
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| monarchy | a system of government in which a monarch- a king, queen or emperor is the sole and absolute ruler.
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| democracy | a system of government in which people rule, either directly or through elected representatives.
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| tyrant | a ruler who has absolute power (not limited by a constitution or by other officials)
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| polis | a city-state in ancient Greece.
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| trireme | a major sailing vessel powered by three banks of oarsmen.
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| fresco | a painting done on fresh plaster with water colors.
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| peloponnesus | a hilly major peninsula in Greece.
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| ostracize | shunned, avoided.
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| oracle | places where gods spoke directly to man.
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| phalanx | special Greek battle formation where soldiers formed rows, closely together.
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| philosophy | the study of the meaning and knowledge of life.
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| Sophocles | a famous Greek writer.
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| Pericles | a Greek leader of the golden age.
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| Ionia | a group of Greek cities on the coast of Asia Minor.
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| epic | a long poem that tells the story of a hero.
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| barbarians | the name given by the Greeks to any people who were not Greek.
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| colonies | areas set up in conquered lands by the Greek city sates for use when they themselves became overpopulated.
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| Minoan | An ancient Cretan civilization
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| myths | legends or stories that attempt to explain natural events
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| Dorian | a group that invented Greece in about 1000 B.C.
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| Hellenes | The name that the Dorian's gave themselves.
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| Acropolis | a hilltop fortress in ancient Athenes which included the Parthenon and other famous buildings where citizens met to discuss affairs of the community.
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| Agora | the central marketplace in ancient Athenes and the site of numerous temples and government buildings.
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