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1. Tyrant

A long narrative poem celebrating legends and heroes

A powerful individual who gains power from appealing to poor people

A critic of of the Sophists

A lover of wisdom

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Chapter 5

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2. Tragedy

A serious drama about crude things

The art of ancient Greece and Rome

Scenes filled with crude humor

An ancient kingdom

3. Classical Art

The art of ancient Rome and Greece

A serious drama about common things

Scenes filled with crude humor

A long narrative celebrating legends and heroes

4. Myths

Traditional stories about gods

A long narrative poem celebrating legends and heroes

A series of wars in the 5th Century B.C.

The art of ancient Greece and Rome

5. Phalanx

A military formation of foot soldiers

A blind man known as the greatest storyteller

A student of Socrates

A philosopher who questioned the nature of the world

6. Polis

A peasent bound to the land

A military formation of foot soldiers

Traditional stories about gods

A Greek city-state

7. Homer

The King of Macedonia

A student of Socrates

A philosopher who questioned the nature of the world

A blind man known as the greatest storyteller

8. Acropolis

A Greek city-state

A fortified hilltop in an ancient Greek city

A government controlled by its citizens

A government ruled by a few powerful people

9. Philosophers

A lover of wisdom

A critic of the Sophists

A serious drama about common things

A war in which Athens was defeated by the Spartans

10. Peloponnesiann War

A war in which the Athens were defeated by the Spatans

A war in which an army led by the Mycenaean kings attacked the independent city of Troy

A series of wars in the 5th century B.C.

Traditional stories about gods

11. Direct Democracy

A government in the hands of a single person

A government ruled directly by its citizens

A government ruled by a few powerful people

A government ruled by its citizens through resentatives

12. Hellenistic

A highly regarded mathmatician

The bronze statue that stood more than 100 feet high

A blend of Egyptian, Indian, and Pesian culture

Rulers who appealed to poor people

13. Helot

A series of wars in 5th century B.C.

A military formation of foot soldiers

A peasent bound to the land

An Indo-European person who settled on the Greek mainland

14. Aristocracy

A government ruled by a few powerful people

A government ruled by one person

Foreign soldiers who fought for money

A government in which power is in the hands of heredity

15. Socrates

A philosopher who questioned the nature of the world

The king of Macedonia

A blind man known as the greatest storyteller

A critic of the Sophists