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agora

a marketplace in ancient


Greece

polis

Greek word for city-state

citizen

member of a democracy,


who has certain rights


and responsibilities

city-state

an early city that was like


a small independent country


with its own laws and


governments

priestess

female priest

Peloponnesus

the peninsula forming the


southern part of the mainland


of Greece

assembly

a group of citizens in an


ancient Greek democracy


with the power to pass laws