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38 Cards in this Set
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PENINSULA
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An area of land surrounded by water on three sides.
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EPIC
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A long poem.
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ACROPOLIS
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A high city built by rocky, protected hills where people felt safe.
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CITY-STATES
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Tiny nations that are separate and independent.
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ARISTOCRATS
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Members of the rich and powerful families.
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TYRANT
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A ruler who seized (or took) power by force.
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DEMOCRACY
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A government in which the citizens govern (or rule) themselves.
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HOMER
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A Greek poet who wrote the Odyssey and the Iliad.
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SOLON
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A wise, fair Athenian leader.
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TROY
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The land where the Trojan War took place and the home of Odysseus.
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TRIBUTE
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Payments made to Athens by their allies (friends).
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IMMORTAL
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To live forever.
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PHILOSOPHER
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People who thought about ways besides myths to understand the world.
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TRAGEDY
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A serious story that usually ends in disaster for the main character.
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PERICLES
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An Athenian leader who led the Athenians in war and peace.
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PARTHENON
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The home on Earth for the goddess Athena.
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SOCRATES
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He was a philosopher who wanted the people to think about the true meanings of things like justice and courage.
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ZEUS
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King of the gods and goddesses.Lord of the thunderbolt.
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HERA
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Wife and queen to Zeus. Goddess of marriage and women.
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APOLLO
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Son of Zeus. God of poetry and music.
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ATHENA
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The wise daughter of Zeus. Goddess of crafts. War goddess.
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POSEIDON
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The brother of Zeus. Ruler of the sea and cause of earthquakes. Lord of the horses.
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AGORA
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The center of the public life in Athens. A public market or meeting place.
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ATHENS
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The city-state of Greece in which democracy was most fully expressed. (Here people ruled themselves)
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PLAGUE
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A widespread disease. Many people died from tha plague.
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BLOCKADE
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This is when an area of land or water is surrounded so no one or nothing can get through.
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SPARTA
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A city-state in southern Greece. Life was bad for the people here. This is where the term Spartan comes from. It means you don't have much. Spartan people put up with a lot of horrible things.
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PERSIA
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An area to the east of Greece that was a threat to Greece. Persia was powerful.
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MARATHON
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A flat land between where the two armies of Persia and Athens stared at one another before a battle.
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BARBARIAN
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Wild, uncivilized people.
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ASSASSINATE
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To be murdered by a rival.
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HELLENISTIC
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This comes from the word Hellas-the name the Greeks gave their land.
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KING PHILIP
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The king of Macedonia.
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MACEDONIA
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The area that lay just to the north of Greece. The people of Macedonia were thought to be wild and uncivilized (barbarians).
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ALEXANDER THE GREAT
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A 20 year old man who became king of Macedonia after Philip was killed.
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ALEXANDRIA
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The greatest of all the Hellenistic cities. It is found in Egypt.
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EUCLID
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A mathematician who developed geometry.
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ARCHIMEDES
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A great scientist who discovered people could use pulleys to lift things.
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