 | Term | Definition |
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plague |
A widespread disease |
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immortal |
Someone or something that lives forever |
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tragedy |
A type of serious drama that ends in disaster for the main character |
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agora |
A public market and meeting place in an ancient Greek city |
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blockade |
The cutting off of an area by an enemy forces that closes it to travel and trade |
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tribute |
A payment made by a less powerful city-state or nation to a more powerful one |
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philosopher |
Someone who uses reason to understand the world; in Greece the earliest philosophers uses reasons to explain natural events |
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democracy |
A form of government which citizens govern themselves |
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tyrant |
A ruler who takes power with the support of the middle and working class; not necessarily cruel and violent |
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peninsula |
An area of land almost completely surrounded by water and connected to the mainland by a isthmus |
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epic |
A long poem that tells a story |
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acropolis |
A high, rocky hill on or near which early people build cities |
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polis |
A city with its own traditions and its own separate government and laws; bot a city and a state |
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aristocrate |
A member of a rich and powerful family |
