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Terminologies

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Hellas

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“Greece” > ancestral home

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Hellenes

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Greek-speakers

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Wanax

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King

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Lawagetas

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Leader of people (war-leader?)

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Koreter

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Governor of a district

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Telestai

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Landholders/religious officials

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Heqetai

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Companions (soldiers)

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Doeroi/Ai

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Slaves

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Rhapsode

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“Staff-singer” - basically people who recited Homeric poems in Greece

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Demos

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Regional territory and people in it
-Usually citizens but lower class

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Oikos

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Household (family, land, livestock, slaves)

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Kleros

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Plot of farmland

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Kalos Kai Agathos

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“Good and fair”

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14
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Timê Geras

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–> Linked to shame culture

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Xenia

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Hospitality

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Boule

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Council of chiefs and other influential figures

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Agora

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Marketplace (public/political/economic activities)

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Acropolis

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Citadel (religious activities)

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Politai

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Polis

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Capital city and nearby territories

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Ethnos

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Villages that are independent from one another politically but gather due to something in common (could be religion)

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Metropolis

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The city mother

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Oikistes

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Founder of new settlement

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Apoikia

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A home away

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Oligarchy
Rule by the few
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Statues if Greek (Agalma and Selma)
Agalma: "delight" Sema: "sign"
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Korai
Maidens (ladies/women)
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Kouroi
Young boys
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Pythia
The chosen women to be the one to deliver the oracles. A messenger between the deity and humans.