10912154010 | polis | A city-state in ancient Greece | 0 | |
10912154011 | Acropolis | a walled, high area surrounding a polis | 1 | |
10912154012 | agora | an open area that served as a meeting place and market in early Greek city-states | 2 | |
10912154013 | helots | in ancient Greece, state slaves | 3 | |
10912154014 | Hoplites | foot soldiers in ancient Greece | 4 | |
10912154015 | Hubris | great pride | 5 | |
10912154016 | democracy | government by the people | 6 | |
10912154017 | Solon | Athenian statesman; he introduced the first civil democracy in Greece and created the Boule | 7 | |
10912154018 | tyrant | a strong man who seized power by force and claimed to rule for the good of the people | 8 | |
10912154019 | 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 Athenian tribes on a geographical rather than familial basis. | 9 | |
10912154020 | Direct Democracy | the type of governing system where all people vote directly on an issue | 10 | |
10912154021 | archon | a chief of state of ancient Athens | 11 | |
10912154022 | Phalanx | A military formation composed of rows of soldiers standing shoulder to shoulder carrying pikes or heavy spears | 12 | |
10912154023 | Pericles | Athenian statesman; he encouraged the spread of democracy in Athens and the growth of the city-state's power | 13 | |
10912154024 | Socrates | Greek philosopher of Athens; his teaching style was based on asking questions. He wanted people to question their own beliefs. He was arrested and condemned to death for challenging authority. | 14 | |
10912154025 | 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. | 15 | |
10912154026 | 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. | 16 | |
10912154027 | reason | clear or ordered thinking | 17 | |
10912154028 | logic | the process of making inferences | 18 | |
10928682613 | Homer | A Greek poet, author of the Iliad and the Odyssey | 19 | |
10928682614 | lyric poetry | a type of poetry that gained its name from the lyre, an instrument that played while the poetry was sung | 20 | |
10928682615 | Herodotus | Greek historian; his most famous work is The Histories, which describes major events of the Persian Wars. | 21 | |
10928682616 | Thucydides | Greek historian of Athens; he wrote The History of the Peloponnesian War. He is regarded as the first critical historian and is often ranked as the greatest historian of antiquity. | 22 | |
10928682617 | Alexander the Great | King of Macedon and conqueror of much of Asia; he is considered one of the greatest generals of all time | 23 | |
10928682618 | Hellenistic | the blending of Greek cultures with those of Persia, Egypt, and Central Asia following the conquests of Alexander the Great | 24 | |
10928682619 | Euclid | Greek geometer; he created practical books on geometric forms and mathematics. His work formed the basis for later European studies in geometry. | 25 | |
10928682620 | Eratosthenes | Greek astronomer and geographer; he calculated the circumference of the globe using careful observations and simple geometry | 26 | |
10928682621 | Archidemes | greek mathematician and inventor | 27 |
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