ancient greece
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brennagarrick on October 7, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 rhetoric | the art of speaking properly |
| acropolis | hilltop city in ancient Greece "a high city" |
| Monarchy | government headed by a king or queen |
| comedy | humerous plays; ridicule people, ideas, or custom |
| epic | a long narrative poem of a hero |
| democracy | government by the citizens; started in Athens |
| tragedy | drama with suffering of a major character |
| polis | a greek city state |
| ode | a poem written to honor a special person |
| helot | spartan slave |
| phalanx | a massive formation of heavily armed foot soldiers |
| fresco | wall paintings made with wet plaster |
| lyric | a poem sung by a musician with musical instrument |
| ostracism | temporary exile of a citizen from a city-state |
| peloponnesus | southern half of greece |
| delian league | defense alliance of greek city states led by athens |
| mount olympus | highest mountain in greece and home to the greek dieites |
| alexandria | center of the Hellenistic culture |
| olympia | were the olympics were held |
| marathon | battle where the greeds defeated persian empire |
| peloponnesian league | defense alliance headed by sparta; athens was not invited and did not attend |
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