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19 Cards in this Set
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epic
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long narrative poem that embodies the values of a culture; Homer's the Illiad and the Odyssey
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greek dark age
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1050-900
lost :linear b writing system, palace system, democracy, luxury goods, art, large scale architecture, road networks simpler way of life, farming, live in country, switch to iron |
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lefkandi
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prosperous city occupied throughout the dark ages; found Heroon building here: scale beyond greeks, thought to be a shrine to a warrior
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heroon
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building discovered in lefkandi, shrine to cremated remains of a warrior, found a weathly woman with a knife by her head, built on a scale beyond the greeks
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bardic tradition
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storytellers, sing stores, oral tradition, info is more easily preserved to rhythm or music; Homeric society
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demos
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region or territory and the people in it; Homeric society
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basileus
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king/leader, no absolute power, authority and stature but little power, court official, top officials in society; Homeric society
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boule
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council of chiefs and influential men, meet in chief's hall to debate policy,assembly forming part of city government; Homeric society
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arete
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excellence on the battlefield, strength, courage, want public honor, warriors as heroes, competitive values
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xenia
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hospitality, host's generosity, mutual bond of trust between people from different demoi, relationships passed down through generations
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polis
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during greek renaissance 900-750; city, city state, and the body of citizens,a political entity ruled by its body of citizens
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panhellenism
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all of greece shared heritage, language, religion
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dactylic hexameter
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rhythm of poetry, 1 long syllable then 2 short, 6 measures per line, greeks added vowels
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kerdos
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from hesiods works and days; gain, opposite of chreos
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chreos
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from hesiods works and days; debt, obligation
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trojan war
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1200
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dark age
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1050-900
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revival/renaissance
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900-750
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archaic
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150-500
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