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20 Cards in this Set
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9. Polis
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Self governing Greek community
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14. Hellas
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Another name for Greece
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11. Nike
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Wingless Goddess of Victory
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8. Peloponnesus
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A peninsular region of Greece, home of Sparta, Argos, and Corinth
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13. Hellenistic
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323-30 BC cultural phenomenon; "Greek like"; Hellenic ideas followed
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18. Theseus & Minotaurus
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First Greek mythological hero, killed half man half bull
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37. Linear A
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Minoan form of writing
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15. democracy
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"people hold power"
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16. Ilion & the Iliad
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another name for Troy
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17. Arete
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Greek term for manliness, etc.
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1. Epithets & Catalogs
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Form of figurative speech, used in the "Homeric language"
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2. Hesiod
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poet of Homer's time; wrote "Theogony" about the gods
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7. oracle
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woman who entered trance and received messages from Apollo
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39. Greek goddess of war and wisdom
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Athena
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19. Pairidaeza
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Persian term for heaven
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30. Zoroastrianism
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Persian religion, one supreme god
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32. Acropolis & Agora
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highest hill and central square or gathering place
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31. Solon
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Athenian politician poet, responsible for developing democracy
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4. Aristocracy
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the "best"; nobility
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3. Thucydides
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Athenian writer, wrote "History of Pelopenessus Wars"
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