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a piece of land nearly surrounded by water
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Ancient Greek
| Definition | Term |
|---|---|
| a piece of land nearly surrounded by water | peninsula |
| to control or influence something or someone | dominate |
| someone who writes or performs epic poems or stores about heros and their deeds | bard |
| a group of people living in a new territory who have ties to the new territory itself | colonie |
| a greek city-state | polis |
| a gathering place; marketplace in ancient Greece | agora |
| an absolute ruler unrestrained by law | tyrant |
| a government in which a small group has control | oligarchy |
| a government by the people | democracy |
| enslaved people in ancient Sparta | helots |
| a high-ranked government official in Sparta who was elected by the council of elders | ephor |
| the territory governed by an official known as a satrap | satrapy |
| the governor of a province in ancient Persia | satrap |
| a Persian religion based on the belief of one god | zoroastrianism |
| a strait or narrow sea between two landmasses | channel |
| to break down; to lose effectiveness | collapse |
| a traditional story that explains the practices or beliefs of a people, or something in the natural world | myth |
| words or actions that are part of a religious ceremony | ritual |
| a sacred shrine where a priest or priestess spoke for a god or goddess | oracle |
| a story meant to teach a lesson | fable |
| the custom of passing along by speech | oral tradition |
| a story written in the form of a play | drama |
| a play or film in which characters fail to overcome a serious problem | tragedy |
| a play or film that tells a humerous story | comedy |
| a fight or disagreement | conflict |
| a distinctive form or type of something | style |
| Greek teachers of philosophy | sophists |
| the art of public speaking and debate | rhetoric |
| philosophical method of questioning to gain truth | Socratic method |
| a set of promises about patient care that new doctors make when they start practicing medicine | hippocratic |
| to make information public; to tell a secret | reveal |
| to observe a story by examining closely and questioning systematically | investigate |
| part of an army in which the soldiers ride horses | cavalry |
| the time period following the death of Alexander during which Greek culture spread through the known world | Hellenistic Era |
| to create choice or free will; willingly | voluntarily |
| to follow in order to capture or debate | pursue |
| the Philosophy of Epicurus, stating the the purpose of life is the like for happiness and peace | Epicureanism |
| the philosophy of the Stoics who believed that people should not try to feel joy or sadness | Stoicism |
| the outer border of a circle; measurement of that border | circumference |
| a branch of mathematics centered around measurement and relationships of points, line, angels, and surfaces | plane geometry |
| a branch of mathematics about measurement and relationships of points, lines, angels, surfaces and solids in three-dimensional space | solid geometry |
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