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1
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“The Republic”

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Book about ideal society

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2
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hellenes

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what the greeks called themselves (hellas= greece)

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3
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Sardus/ susa

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where the royal road went to

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4
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Alcibiades

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super side switcher

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5
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Doric

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boring collumn order

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Ionic

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iconic collumn order

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Corinthian

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complex collumn order

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8
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drums

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sections of the collumn flutes

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9
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capital

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Abacus/Echinus

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10
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abacus

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top of a collumn

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11
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echinus

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designed section of collumn

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12
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Pediment

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triangle part of temple

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13
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triglyphs

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three lines in temple

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14
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metopes

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designs between triglyohs

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15
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freize (yes spelt like this)

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designed section between collumns and triglyphs /metopes

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16
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stylobate

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base of column

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17
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10 generals

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elected, masters of war and piece

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18
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Pericles

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“school of greece” creater

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19
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king Cyrus

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made Persia great

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20
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Daruis 1st

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started Persian wars

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21
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Zoraoastrianism

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Persian religion

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22
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Xerges

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Burned down Athens

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23
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Solon

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“the great reformer”

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24
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Peistratus

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helped farmers

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25
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ostacism

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removal

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26
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Leisthenes

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loved democracy

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The Assembly

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All citizens of athens

28
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The law court

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6000 members chosen by lot

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The boule

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500 set up agenda

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Lychergus

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“creator of utopia”

31
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agogia

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spartan rearing

32
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Helots

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Spartan slaves

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Agora

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market in center

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acropolis

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“high city”

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Hoplites

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citizen soldiers

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Philosopher

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Lover of wisdom

37
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sophists

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Paid teachers

38
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socrates

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socratic method (and dead) Philosopher

39
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Plato

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Wrote “the republic”

40
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Aristotle

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Taught Alexander the great

41
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Arete

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Striving for excellence

42
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Aristophanes

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great comedy writer (wrote in the clouds)

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Parados

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wings of the theater

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Orchestera

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circle in the center of theater

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Sophocles

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Oedopis rex writer

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Aeschylus

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“father of tragedy “

47
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Euripides

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“Medea” Writer

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Zeus

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King god and god of thunder

49
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Athena

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god of wisdom and protector

50
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Apollo

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god of the sun

51
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Aphrodite

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God of love

52
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Ares

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god of war

53
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Poseidon

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god of the sea

54
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Most important oracle

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temple to Apollo at Delpi

55
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Iliad+Odyssey

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Epics

56
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Aesop+fables

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short stories with lesson

57
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Herodotus

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“father of history”

58
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Hippocrates

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“father of medicine”

59
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delian league

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Greek League against Persia

60
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hades

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god of the underworld

61
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artemis

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goddess of the hunt

62
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Hestia

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Goddess of the hearth

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Hera

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goddess of marriage

64
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Hermes

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herald of the gods

65
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Pythagoras

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triangle man (universe same rules as math)

66
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Thucydides

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wrote “The history of the Peloponnesian war

67
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Magna Graecia

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“greater greece”

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