Quizlet vocab s.s

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  1. aristarchus: an ancient Greek grammarian remembered for his commentary on the Iliad and Odyssey (circa 217-145 BC)
  2. aristocracy: the most powerful members of a society
  3. aristotle: one of the greatest of the ancient Athenian philosophers
  4. assassination: murder of a public figure by surprise attack
  5. barbarians: a group of uncillivied people
  6. demagogues: A political leader who supports the cause of the people.
  7. democracy: a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
  8. ecclesia: Athenian assembly; included all male citizens over the age of eighteen.
  9. epic: a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds
  10. helots: Slaves to the Spartans that revolted and nearly destroyed Sparta in 650 B.C.E.
  11. hippocrates: medical practitioner who is regarded as the father of medicine
  12. jury: The group of persons selected to hear the evidence in a trial and render a verdict on matters of fact. See also grand jury.
  13. peloponnesian war: a war in which Athens and its allies were defeated by the league centered on Sparta
  14. pheidippides: a runner how carried messages to sparta athens
  15. plato: ancient Athenian philosopher
  16. tragedy: Play/novel that depicts serious events, hero becomes unhappy in the end