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Trojan War |
A war, fought around 1200 B.C., in which an army led by Mycenaean kings attacked the independent trading city of Troy in Anatolia. |
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Homer |
Out of the Dorian age. A blind poet storyteller, composed epics (narrative poems) celebrating heroic deeds from that time. Iliad & Odyssey. |
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Polis |
A Greek city-state- the fundamental political unit of ancient Greece after about 750 B.C. |
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Democracy |
A government controlled by its citizens, either directly or through representatives. Athens 1st democracy. |
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Classical Art |
The art of ancient Greece and Rome, in which harmony, order, and proportion were emphasized. |
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Aristotle |
Greek philosopher. Questioned the nature of the world and of human belief, thought, and knowledge. Came close to summarizing all of the knowledge up to his time. Invented a method for arguing according to rules of logic. |
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Alexander The Great |
The King of Macedonia and took control of surrounding areas in Europe, Asia, and Africa. Creator of the the Hellenistic culture. |
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Hellenistic |
Relating to the civilization, language, art, science, and literature of the Greek world from the reign of Alexander the Great to the late second century B.C. |
