Ancient Greek Vocabulary
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- 3. Three centuries between Alexander the Great’s death and the rise of Augustus in Rome; 323-31 BC
- 5. last phase of the bronze age in ancient greece; 1750-1050 BC
- 9. King of macedon and conducted a lengthy military campaign throughout Asia and Egypt
- 10. city in ancient greece considered the ideal form for philosophical purposes
- 13. macedon king from 359-336 BC and father of Alexander the Great
- 14. Poet and author of the iliad and the odyssey two foundational works of ancient greek literature
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- 1. government where state power is vested in the people of general populations of the state
- 2. ancient greek war fought between athens and sparta and their respective allies
- 4. Series of conflicts between the Achaemenid empire and greek city-states; 499-449 BC
- 5. bronze age of Crete,flourished from about 300-1100 B.C.E
- 6. ancient greek philosopher and polymath; writing covers broad topics; arts, philosophy, politics, economics, linguistics, psychology and natural sciences
- 7. greek philosopher who founded the academy, a philosophical school where he taught philosophical doctrines; later known as platonism
- 8. form of government placing power in the hands of small privileged ruling class
- 11. One of four major ethnic groups the Hellenes of Classic Greece divided themselves into
- 12. greek philosopher from athens; founder of western philosophy
- 13. Rectangular military formation, composed of heavily armed infantry