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Agora

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Multifacted place in which the whole demos would assemble

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Amphictyony

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Council of Phocis, seated in Delphi

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Apoikia

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Name for a greek colony

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Apologia

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Rebuttal or defense of the trial of Socrates

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Archons

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Elected officials in Athens who replace the kings, were originally voted in but later appointed by lot

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Autochthonous

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“Self-made from the land” or “Born from the ground”

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Basileia

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Term for a place or royal quarter

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Basileus

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Greek word for king

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Boiotarch

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1 of 11 leaders within the Boiotian League

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Boule

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General term for a council in Greece

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Choregia

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Funding of a play, either individual or public

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Choregos

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Chorus-leader of a player, different than the playwright

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Cleruchy

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An Athenian colony in which a garrison is established abroad

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Daimonion

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Guiding spirit, specifically of Socrates

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Decarchies

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Small oligarchies run by 10 pro-Spartan officials in “liberated” Greek city-states

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Demagogia

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“Leading of the people,” like Cleon

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Demos

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Shared regional and community identities of a people

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Diadochoi

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Name for the many successors of Alexander “the Great”

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Dikasterion

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Term for law courts in Athens

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Dithyramb

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Wild choral song for Dionysus popularized in the 6th-5th centuries BC

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Ekklesia

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General term for an assembly in Greece

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Elegy

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Greek trade centres established across the ancient Mediterranean

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Emporion

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Greek trade centres established across the ancient Mediterranean

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Ephebes

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18-20 year old men, usually destined for military service

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Ephors
Leaders of the popular assembly in Sparta that held little power
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Epicurianism
Philosophical school which discusses atomic theory and living in moderation
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Epigram
Succint or pithy version of an elegy
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Epikleros
Heiress who inherited her father's estate, like Antigone
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Epinician ode
Lyrical poems aimed at celebrated human athletic victory
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Eunomia
Term for "good order" which the Spartans based their political and communal life around
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Galatians
Indo-European people from Western/Central Europe who migrated in northern/central Anatolia
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Gastraphetes
"Stomach-thrower," crossbow that hindered hoplites
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Great Dionysia
Annual festival held in the spring in Athens where plays would be performed
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Great Tumulus at Vergina
Burial place of many members of the Argead dynasty
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Hellenotamiai
Administrators of the fund of the Delian League
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Herms
Sculptures that were mutilated in Athens leading to the expulsion of Alcibidiades
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Hetairoi
Close companions of the King in Macedon
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Homonoia
Focus on concord to combat civil strife
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Hoplite Phalanx
Type of closed defensive formation named for the large shield carried by the soldiers
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Hybris
Arrogance or disrespect of the gods
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Klepsydra
Water-clock
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Kleros
Land plot assigned to Greek colonists
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Kleroterion
Jury allotment box
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Lacedaimonian
Another name meaning Spartan
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Lapiths
Heroic humans usually depicted fighting Centaurs
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Lenaia
Winter wine festival in Athens where comedies were performed
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Linear B
Ideographic and syllabic early form of Greek language attributed to Mycenaeans
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Liturgy
Forced contributions of the elite to finance city projects like festivals or ships
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Mausoleum
Monumental tomb for the fallen satrap of Caria
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Megaron
Central hall within Mycenaean palace complexes
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Metropolis
Mother-city of a colony
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Mothakes
Children born to Spartan farmers and helot mothers
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Nemesis
Divine retribution
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Neodamodes
Limited rights afforded to freed helots in Sparta
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Nestor's Cup
Artefact found in Pithecusaee which is the earliest evidence we have for the reemergence of writing in Greece
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New Comedy
Popular reinvention of an earlier dramatic model using archetypes and role reversals, made popular by Menander
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Nomthetai
Special board for "law-establishers"
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Oral Poetry
An early form of musical and narrative storytelling in Greece, best known thanks to the works of Homer
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Ostracism
Expulsion of a citizen for 1-10 years decided upon in an annual referendum
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Peltasts
Mobile troops of javelin and sling-throwers
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Pezhetairoi
Sarisa wielders, "companions on foot"
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Philippeion
Tholos or round temple dedicated at Olympia by Alexander to his family
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Philippic
Speech by Demosthenes warning Athenians of Macedon's power
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Phraties
Clubs or "brotherhoods" for men which replaced the traditional "gene"
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Phraties
Clubs or "brotherhoods" for men which replaced the traditional "gene"
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Polis
Independent city-state represented by a physical and political community in Greece
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Tumulus with mass grave
Polyandrion
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Proskynesis
Persian custom of showing deference to the King with a kiss
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Pyrrhic Victory
Won at too great a cost to ave been worthwhile for the victor
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Religious Syncretism
"Mixing together" of elements from different religious traditions
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Rhetor
Orator or speechmaker, often synonymous with poltician
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Rosetta Stone
Trilingual decree of Egyptian priests in honour of Ptolemy V
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Sacred Band
Army of 300 who were supposedly 150 couples
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Sarisa
Extremely long pike used in Macedonian warfare
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Satraps
Rulers of the provinces of the Persian empire appointed by the king
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Satyr-play
Short, light-hearted play performed after a tragic trilogy
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Stasis
Civil discontent and strife
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Stoicism
Philosophical school in which the "wise man" lives according to divine laws
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Synedrion
General name for a council of a League
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Synoikismos
Communities in close proximity unite and constitute a new political entity
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Syntaxeis
Contributions made to a collective fund of the Second Athenian League
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Syssition
Communal meal/mess hall in Spartan society
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Thesmothetai
Junior archons who became member of the Areopagus
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Tholos or "Bee-Hive" Tomb
Monumental tomb constructed by the Mycenaeans
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Tropaion
Monument known as a "trophy"
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Wanax
Ruler or leader in Mycenaean culture
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Xenia
Term for gift exchange, a core value within the Homeric hierarchy
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Zeno's Archive
Archive containing correspondence that sheds light on aspects of Ptolemaic administration

CLST 200 (9 decks)

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