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Terminologies
Hellas
“Greece” > ancestral home
Hellenes
Greek-speakers
Wanax
King
Lawagetas
Leader of people (war-leader?)
Koreter
Governor of a district
Telestai
Landholders/religious officials
Heqetai
Companions (soldiers)
Doeroi/Ai
Slaves
Rhapsode
“Staff-singer” - basically people who recited Homeric poems in Greece
Demos
Regional territory and people in it
-Usually citizens but lower class
Oikos
Household (family, land, livestock, slaves)
Kleros
Plot of farmland
Kalos Kai Agathos
“Good and fair”
Timê Geras
–> Linked to shame culture
Xenia
Hospitality
Boule
Council of chiefs and other influential figures
Agora
Marketplace (public/political/economic activities)
Acropolis
Citadel (religious activities)
Politai
Citizens
Polis
Capital city and nearby territories
Ethnos
Villages that are independent from one another politically but gather due to something in common (could be religion)
Metropolis
The city mother
Oikistes
Founder of new settlement
Apoikia
A home away