Early Greece Flashcards
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Mycenean
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an Indo-European person who settled on the Greek mainland around 2000 B.C.
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Trojan War
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legendary stories told that this war was fought for 10 years between the Mycenaeans and Troy. Troy was attacked by the Greeks, and the Greeks won by leaving a fake horse with soldiers in it outside of Troy
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Dorian
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a group of people who moved into the war-torn countryside and spoke a dialect of Greek
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Homer
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a blind man who wrote epics about heroic deeds. His most famous is the Iliad
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Epic
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narrative poems that celbrate heroic deeds
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Myth
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a traditional story about the Greek gods. Myths also explained the changing seasons and the mystery of nature
