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Ancient Greece
Vocabulary Words on Ancient Greece
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Undergraduate 1
06/25/2014

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Delian League
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Pact Joined in 478 b.c.e. by Athenians and other Greeks to continue the war with Persia.
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Peloponnesian Wars
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Series of wars between Athens and Sparta beginning in 460 b.c.e.
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Aspasia
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Pericles' female companion whom was highly intelligent and well educated. Pericles discussed politics with her and respected her ideas.
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Chattel Slavery
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Slaves who were prisoners of war or were abducted by pirates. Slaves worked in every craft and many professions.
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Heredotus
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"Father of History". Assigned human intelligence a crucial role in determining the course of events and was credited with Greece's victory over Persia to citizen's love of liberty.
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Academy
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School founded by Plato in Athens to train statesman and citizens.
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Lyceum
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School founded by Aristotle in Athens that focused on the gathering and analysis of data from all fields of knowledge.
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Hellenistic
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Term that describes the cosmopolitan civilization, established under the Macedonians, that combined aspects of Greek and Middle Eastern cultures.
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Epicureans
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People who believed the proper pursuit of humankind is undistributed withdrawal from the world.
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Stoics
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People who sought freedom from passion and harmony with nature.
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