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30 Cards in this Set
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agôgê
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Spartan education
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agôn
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competition, struggle, contest
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athlos
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heroic ordeal, competitive event, contest for a prize
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atimos / atimia
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dishonored, without civic rights/dishonor, loss of civic rights
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autarkeia
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self-sufficiency
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basileus
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Homeric versus Mycenaean chieftain or ‘king’ versus chief blacksmith
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chorêgos
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In Athens, a liturgist who defrayed the cost of the chorus
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daimôn
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divine being
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dêmos
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citizenry of the polis
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dikê
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justice
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eunomia
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good order, rule of law
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geras
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(of god or hero) portion
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gerousia
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Spartan council of elders
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homoioi
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the Spartan ‘equals’
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mousikê
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sung poetry + music + dancing = the sphere of the Muses
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nomos
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law, custom
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paideia
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education, upbringing
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palaistra
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wrestling school
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peplos
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women’s robe [esp. the one dedicated to Athena at the Greater Panathenaia]
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philia
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bond of reciprocity, friendship, affection
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philos (pl. philoi)
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one’s ‘dear and near’, someone to whom an individual is obligated by bonds of reciprocity
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philotimia
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‘love of honor’
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polis
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Greek city-state
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politeia
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‘constitution’, form of government
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politês (pl. politai)
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citizens of the polis
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stasis
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faction, factionalism, civil strife
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syssitia
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Spartan messes
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temenos
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sacred precinct
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tholos
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beehive tomb
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timê
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honor, a god’s sphere of influence
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