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18 Cards in this Set
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Mycenaeans |
First advanced Bronze Age civilization inhabiting Greece |
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Aristocracy |
Upper class individuals in Greece who claimed superiority based on ancestory |
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Arête |
The quality of being excellent |
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Agnon |
A contest that reveals a persons excellence |
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Philotimia |
The urge to be thought of as superior |
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Oikos |
The greek word for household |
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Patriarchal |
A system in which the oldest male holds majority of the power within the family unit |
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Yeoman |
A person who cultivated land in which he owns |
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Phalanx |
Greek heavily armed infantry men fighting in formation |
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Polis |
Greek word for city state |
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Oligarchy |
A system in which a small select few rule society |
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Xenophobia |
Distrust/dislike of foreign people |
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Delian league |
A Greek league for mutual protection that was turned into the Athenian empire |
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Pathos |
Quality at rousing feelings of pitty or sorrow |
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Mystery religion |
Secret cult that offered its members some hope of salvation |
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Syncretism |
The approach of identifying foreign gods w/ Greek counter parts example : love God - with another love God . |
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Stoicism |
Hellenistic philosophy that taught that pleasure was the highest good. |
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Diaspora |
The spread of Jews outside its culture |
