sem.2 test 1 Flashcards
ostracize
in Athenseach year an assmebly chooses a politician to exile for 10 years
Arete
excellence through struggle and conflict in a time of peace
polis
a community of citizens that is loyal to the state
hoplite
heavily armed infantry
Sea People
mercenary Greeks who hired themselves out after the Trogan war. they were particularly involved with Egypt
relocation
a people that changes their location according to their own free will
dislocation
a people that movessomewhere else by force
oikos
household; the smallest component of state
acropolis
a fortified citadel on a raised hill in a polis
agora
marketplace or gathering place in a polis
iron
less expensive than bronze and available to all-weapons were available to all
metropolis
mother polis; mother city state
panhellenic
all of Greece
phalanx
rectangular formation 8 ranks deep
stadion
principle event in the Olympics- 200yard sprint
perioikoi
captive of Sparta; free but not a citizen; paid taxes and rendered to the military
helots
Spartian captives=slaves
tyrants
seized power quickly
Aeropagus
Aristocratic council (Athens)
Archon
magistrates over things such as military and trade (Athens)
ekklesia
assembly known as church in the New Testiment (Athens)
ephors
(Sparta) they supervised the kings and principle law
Draco
(Athens) severe punishment-death even for minor offense (tyrant)
Solon
reforms.cancelled debts. wealth not birth determined status.4 classes of wealth (Athens)