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What is an epic poem

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Long poem about a Greek Herod story

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Facts about homer

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Greek poet
Was he even real
Wrote Illiad and odyssey

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How did Greece geography affect its development

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Isolate Greeks from each other
Own communities
Trade for food
Early trade
Spurs growth 
Sea trade
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2 ways Greeks were characterized

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Architecture

Warrior society

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3 events during the dark ages

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Phoecians alphabet adopted
Developed bronze and iron weapons
Agricultural booms

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Polis

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Early Greek city state consisting of a city/town and its surrounding countryside

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Acropolis

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Fortified gathering place at top of a hill sometimes the site of temples and public buildings

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Agora

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Gathering place and market in an open area

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2 ways city states were organized

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Democracy (Athens)

Monarchy (Sparta)

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How did the Greeks spread

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Through trade and creating colonies

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Women in Sparta

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Warriors who protected the house

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Women in Athens

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Second class citizens
Weren't well respected
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Adult male citizen roles and rights

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Political power and all normal rights

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Adult male foreigners

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Protection of law and had citizen responsibilities

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Slaves

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Zero rights

Worked

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Women

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2nd class
No leave home with out make export
No govt participation

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Age of Pericles

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Highly of Athens under Pericles

Had democracy

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Why expansion was a turning point

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Became foundation of western ifeals pertaining to their political govt

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Growing led to conflict by:

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Sparta threatened and attacked

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Aristarchus

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Sun center of universe

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Eratosthenes

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Earth round

Circumference of earth is 24,675

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Euclid

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“Elements” on plane geometry

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Archimedes

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Pi

Archimedes screw

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Apollonius

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Argonautica

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Alexander conquered by

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Unifying city states
Creating good army
Wiping out Persian

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Mt Olympus

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Home of gods
Originally though real mtn
Finally though floating in sky

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Zeus

Jupiter

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Supreme ruler of gods
God of sky and lightening 
Overthrew father cronos to get power
Thunderbolt
Falls in love frequently an facts mn it
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Hera

Juno

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Zeus’s wife and sister
Goddess of marriage women childbirth heirs kinds empires
Protectors of marriage and married women
Jealous of Zeus’ affairs

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Hades

Pluto

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Lord of underworld 
God of earths hidden wealth
Agricultural produce and precious metal
Zeus is brother 
Ruler of Dead
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Poseidon

Neptune

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God of sea rivers floods droughts earthquakes creator of horses
Brother of Zeus

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Demeter

Ceres

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Goddess of grain agriculture and harvest
Moods affect season
Sister of Zeus

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Aphrodite

Venus

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Goddess of live and beauty 
Hephaestus wife
Daughter of Uranus
One of original deities
Not technically Olympian
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Hestia

Vesta

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Virginia goddess of hearth home and chastity
Sister of Zeus
No myth about marriage or sex
Pure

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Ares

Mars

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God of war and violence
Son of Zeus and Hera
Ares is young hothead
Mars is older wise and calm

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Athena

Minerva

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Goddess of intelligence skill warfare battle strategie handicrafts wisdom
Adopted by hers
Sprang from Zeus head in full armor
Ironic women not supposed to be

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Hephaestus

Vulcan

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God f fire metalwork g and crafts 
Only ugly God
Crippled leg
Aphrodite's husband 
Son of Hera (asexual)
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Apollo

Apollo

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Twin of Artemis
God of light and associated with sun
Never tell a lie

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Artemis

Diana

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Twin to Apollo
Virgin goddess of the hunt
Associated with moon

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Dionysus

Bacchus

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God of wine parties and festivals

Father is Zeus mother was queen of Thebes

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Hermes

Mercury

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Messenger God
God of travel communication trade
Appears lots cause easy to incorporate

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