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| epic | a long poem that tells a story |
| acropolis | a high, rocky hill where early people built cities |
| city-state | a city with its own traditions, government, and laws; both a city and separate independent stat |
| aristocrat | a member of a rich and powerful family |
| tyrant | a ruler who takes power with the support of the middle and working classes |
| democracy | a form of government which citizens govern themselves |
| peninsula | an area of land nearly surrounded by water |
| immortal | someone or something that lives forever |
| tribute | a payment made by a less powerful state or nation to a more powerful one |
| oracle | in ancient greece, a sacred site used to consult a god or goddess; any priest or priestess who spoke for the gods |
| philosopher | someone who used reason to understand the world; in Greece the earliest philosophers used reason to explain natural events |
| tragedy | a type of serious drama that ends in disaster for the main character |
