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- After all of this, the Greek city-states formed an alliance called the...
- Who is more storyteller-ish between Herodotus and Thucydides?
- When Sparta took over the land of the Messenians, the Messenians became...
- situated on the plain of Attica, this polis enjoyed Golden Age under the leadership of a democracy
- Who traveled a lot between the two historians of Herodotus and Thucydides?
- athletic games in honor of Zeus were held at this site in the Peloponnesus.
- collective name given to the Hellenic city -states on the Aegean islands and along the coast ofAsia Minor (Anatolia)
- peasants forced to stay on the land they worked
- term which describes work of art or music (or anything) which has the characteristicsof simplicity, restraint, balance, harmony, and proportion
- term for the attitude affirming the importance of human beings, expressed inGreek art and literature
- the discovery of the ruins of the royal palace at this site revealed the highly developed skills of theBronze Age Minoan civilization on the island of Crete.
- describes a close friendship that is neither romantic or physical
- the most powerful fighting force in the ancient world
- term describes a method of teaching in which provocative questions are asked tomake people think; name derived from its most famous practitioner
- Word describes lifestyle marked bystrict self-discipline or self-denial ; marked by simplicity, frugality, or avoidanceof luxury
- from Greek word for leader; term in international politics -- dominant influence ofone state over others
- Word describes aperson who uses very few words, who is brief in speech
- the Greek word for an actor meaning "under the mask.
- a pattern of beliefs expressed in stories (myths
- the use of reason (logic) to see patterns in nature and understand their workings