Ancient Greece Flashcards
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Minoans
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Early ancient greek civilization from Crete and other Aegean Islands
2
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Knossos
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Island where the legend of King Minos’ labyrinth possible came from
3
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Mycenaeans
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Early Greeks which developed early greek writing system. Mycenaean legend of Troy
4
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Polis
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Greek city state
5
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agor
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marketplace
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helots
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slaves that worked for spartans
7
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Lycurgus
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king who instituted Sparta’s warlike schools
8
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Hoplites
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Spartan foot soldiers
9
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Mount Olympus
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where the 12 main greek gods where believed to live
10
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Hubris
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“great pride” that led heroes to die, usually
11
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Hera
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Goddess of marriage and women
12
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Demeter
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God of agriculture
13
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Hestia
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goddess of family
14
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goddess of wisdom
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Athena
15
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Apollo
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goddess of prophecy of poetry and the sun
