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| polis | Another name for a Greek city-state |
| Hellenes | name the ancient Greeks called themselves as people |
| Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon | First five letters of the Greek alphabet |
| chiton | Most frequently worn item of clothing in ancient Greece |
| Megara | Polis with a thriving textile industry, colonized all over the eastern Mediterranean and founded Byzantium |
| Corinth | Polis that had a near-perfect location that ensured its success as a great seaport and commercial center |
| Athens | Polis where democracy flourished and sculptors, mathematicians, philosophers, playwrights, and common citizens lived in freedom and participated in state decisions |
| Argos | Polis with a poor climate and location, but became renowned for its musicians, poets, sculptors, and open-air theaters. |
| Sparta | City-state with a military tradition of great bravery and human physical endurance, but to attain its goals harshly trained its boys in "boot camps" from the age of seven" |
| polytheistic | belief in many gods |
| monotheistic | belief in one god |
| oracle | An ancient Greek priestess who claimed to see the future |
| Mt. Olympus | Home to the 12 major Greek gods and goddesses |
| Zeus | Ruling god of Mt. Olympus |
| arete | Greek word meaning "personal excellence" |
| Ionian Sea | sea to the west of Greece |
| Aegean Sea | sea to the east of Greece |
| trade | The location of Greece led to its ______ industry. |
| wool | Chiton was made out of this in the winter |
| jewelry | Women wore this to show they were from a higher social group |
| leather and bronze | men wore these two types of materials for war for protection in addition to their clothing. |
| acropolis | Strategic hill that was used for a defensive position when the city was under attack, a place to discuss affairs of state, a shrine to honor and worship gods and goddesses |
| Aphrodite | Goddess of beaty and of love |
| Apollo | God and patron of many things, including archery, music, prophecy, and medicine, often associated with the sun. |
| Ares | God of war and combat |
| Artemis | Goddess of the Moon; guardian of cities, young animals, and woman; "rainer of arrowns and mighty huntress" |
| Athena | Goddess of wisdom, patron goddess of Athens, daughter of Zeus, protectress of those who worship her in times of war |
| Demeter | Goddess of crops; giver of grains and fruit |
| Dionysus | God of fertility, joyous life and hopitality, wild things, and wine |
| Hephaestus | God of fire and artisans, husband of Aphrodite |
| Hera | Wife of Zeus, protectress of marriage, children, and the home |
| Hermes | God of orators, writers and commerce, protector of thieves and mischief makers; guardia of wayfarers, messenger to mortals; son of Zeus |
| Poseidon | God of the oceans and seas; earth-giver of horses to mortals |
| Zeus | Ruler and king of all gods of Mount Olympus; also god of the weather |
