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| frescoes | Paintings done on wet plaster walls. |
| polis | Greek word for city-state, which developed around a central fort. |
| Acropolis | A high hill that marked the center of Ancient Athens. |
| agora | Marketplace in a city-state in Greece. |
| Minoans | Earlies Greek civilization that developed on the island of Crete. |
| Mycenaeans | Civilization on the Greek mainland that was known as a warring people. |
| myths | Traditional stories about gods, goddesses, and heroes. |
| oracles | Special places where the ancient Greeks believed gods spoke through priests and priestesses. |
| aristocracies | Government ruled by an upper class. |
| hoplites | Heavily armed Greek infantry who carried log spears and fought in closely-spaced rows. |
| tyrants | In ancient Greece, rulers who seized power by force but who ruled with the people's support; later came to refer to rulers who exercise brutal and oppressive power. |
| popular government | Idea that people can and should rule themselves. |
| democracy | Government in which people take part. |
