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Chapter 5
28 terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Polis | a city state of ancient Greece |
| Acropolis | a walled, high area surrounding a polis |
| Agora | an open area that served as a meeting place and market in early Greek city-state |
| Helots | in ancient Greece, state slaves |
| Hubris | great pride |
| Democracy | a government run by the people |
| Solon | athenian statesman; he introduced the first civil democracy in Greece and created the Boule |
| Tyrant | a strong man who seized power by force and claimed to rule for the good of the people |
| Cleisthenes | Ancient Greek ruler often called the father of democracy .He increased the size of the council that governed Athens to 500, and he reorganized Atherian tribes on a geograophical rather than familial basis. |
| Direct Democracy | the type of governing system where all people vote directly on an issue |
| Archon | a chief of state of ancient Athens |
| Phalanx | a military formation composed of rows of soldier standing shoulder carrying pikes or heavy spears |
| Pericles | Athenian statesman; he encouraged the spread of democracy in Athens and the growth of the city-state's power |
| Socrates | Greekphilosopher of Athens; his tesching style was based on asking questions.He wanted people to question their own beliefs.He was arrested and condemned to death for challenging authority |
| Plato | Greek philosopher; a student of Socrates, he started a school in Athens called the Academy.In the Republic he describes an ideal society run by philosopher- kings |
| Aristotle | Greek philosopher and student of Plato; he taught that logic was the tool for any necessary inquiry; his work later became the basis for medieval scholasticism |
| Reason | clear and order thinking |
| Logic | the process of making inferences |
| Homer | Greek poet, he wrote th epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey, which tell stories set during and after the Trojan War |
| Lyric Poetry | a type of poetry that gained its name from the lyre,an instrument that played while the poetry was sung |
| Herodotus | Greek Historian; his most famous work is the Histories, which describes major events of the Persian Wars |
| Thucydides | Greek historian of Athens, he wrote the history of the Peloponnesian War.He is regared as the first critical historian and is often reanked as the greatest historian of antiquity |
| Alexander the Great | `king of Macedon an conqueror of much of Asia, he is considered on of the greatest generals of all time |
| Hellenistic | the blending of Greek cultures with those of Persia, Egypt and Central Asia following the conquests of Alexander the Great |
| Euclid | Greek geometer; he created practical books on geometric forms and mathematics.His work formed the basis for later European studies in geometry |
| Erastosthenes | Greek astronomer and geographer; he calculated the circumference of the globe using careful observations and simple geometry |
| Archimedes | Greek mathematician and inventor; he was known for his work in geometry, physics'and mechanics |
| hoplites | foot soldier in ancient Greece |
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