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37 Cards in this Set
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polis
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Greek word for "state"
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city-state
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an independent town or city that governs itself and the land around it
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Zeus
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king of the Greek gods
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Hera
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wife of Zeus
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Aphrodite
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Greek goddess of love
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tyranny
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a system of government where one man is dictator
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Apollo
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Greek sun god
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Poseidon
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Greek god of the sea
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aristocracy
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government by a few noble or upper-class families
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oligarchy
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system of government where a few wealthy mean had power
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democracy
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government by a large number of citizens
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symposium
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a banquet where men took turns speaking on a chosen theme
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ostracize
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to banish or send away
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metic
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foreign residents of Athens
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rhetoric
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the art of using language to persuade
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Assembly
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passed laws, levied taxes and voted on issues of war and peace in AThens
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truce
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an agreement where two or more people agree to stop fighting
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Sparta
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a Greek city state that valued military ability
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Athens
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a Greek city state that valued education, art and rhetoric
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Olympic games
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a religious festival to honor Zeus that iinvolved demonstration of athletic skills
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Delian League
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an alliance of city states formed to defend against invasion
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Acropolis
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a complex of buildings on a bluff overlooking Athens
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Parthenon
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a temple built to honor Athena
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Pericles
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the leader of Athens during its Golden Age
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Persian Wars
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Sparta and Athens vs. Persia. Persia loses.
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Xerxes
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Persian king during Persian Wars
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Leonidas
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Spartan Kin during Persian Wars
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Marathon
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major battle in the Persian Wars - Greeks win
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Thermopylae
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major battle in the Persian Wars - Persians win
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Salamis
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major battle in the Persian Wars - Greeks win
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Sophocles
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an Athenian dramatist
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Euripedes
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an Athenian dramatist
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Aeschylus
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an Athenian dramatist
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Plato
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Greek philosopher who was a student of Socrates and who sought an ideal state of life
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Aristotle
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Greek philosopher who was a student of Plato, learned through observation and described the "golden mean."
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Alexander
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Greek king who established an empire that included Macedonia, Greece, Asia Minor, Egypt, Syria and Persia.
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Hellenistic period
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a time after the death of Alexander when Greek culture spread to the many lands of his empire (323 B.C to 30 B.C)
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