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  1. 3. an organized system of thought, from the Greek for “love of wisdom”
  2. 5. in early Greek city-states, a fortified gathering place at the top of a hill that was sometimes the site of temples and public buildings.
  3. 6. authoritative, traditional; relating to the literature, art, architecture, and ideals of the ancient Greek and Roman world
  4. 8. a long poem that tells the deeds of a great hero, such as the Iliad and the Odyssey of Homer
  5. 11. the school of thought developed by the philosopher Epicurus in Hellenistic Athens; it held that happiness is the chief goal in life, and the means to achieve happiness was the pursuit of pleasure
  6. 12. “the rule of the few”; a form of government in which a select group of people exercises control.
  7. 15. the early Greek city-state, consisting of a city or town and its surrounding countryside.
  8. 18. the method of teaching used by the Greek philosopher Socrates; it employs a question-and-answer format to lead pupils to see things for themselves by using their own reason
  9. 19. in early Greece, the qualities of excellence that a hero strives to win in a struggle or contest
  10. 21. the school of thought developed by the teacher Zeno in Hellenistic Athens; it says that happiness can be achieved only when people gain inner peace by living in harmony with the will of God and that people should bear whatever life offers
  11. 23. the period between 461 b.c. and 429 b.c. when Pericles dominated Athenian politics and Athens reached the height of its power
  12. 25. an epic poem describing Odysseus adventures in his ten-year attempt to return home to Ithaca after the Trojan War.
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  1. 1. the age of Alexander the Great; period when the Greek language and ideas were carried to the non-Greek world
  2. 2. in early Greek city-states, an open area that served as a gathering place and as a market.
  3. 4. a system of government in which the people participate directly in government decision making through mass meetings
  4. 7. in ancient Sparta, a captive person who was forced to work for the conqueror.
  5. 9. moral principles; generally recognized rules of conduct
  6. 10. proudly boasted that Athens had become the “school of Greece.”
  7. 12. in ancient Greece, a sacred shrine where a god or goddess was said to reveal the future through a priest or priestess
  8. 13. A Greek epic poem describing the siege of Troy
  9. 14. which were presented in a trilogy—a set of three plays—built around a common theme
  10. 16. to protect against ambitious politicians
  11. 17. to discuss by considering opposing viewpoints
  12. 20. a form of drama that portrays a conflict between the protagonist and a superior force and having a protagonist who is brought to ruin or extreme sorrow, especially as a result of a fatal flaw
  13. 22. a plan or method
  14. 24. a wall of shields created by foot soldiers marching shoulder to shoulder in a rectangular formation.