Greece Vocab

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Narrow strip of land

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Isthmus

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Athletic festival honoring Zeus

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Olympics

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Foot soldiers in the Greek army

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Hoplites

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Stories explaining how Greek gods influenced daily life

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myths

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Goddess of marriage and children

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Hera

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People conquered by Spartans forced into slavery

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Helots

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Government ruled by a small group of individuals

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oligarchy

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Greek doctor who taught that illnesses had natural causes, not divine punishment.

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Hippocrates

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General from Athens known for the Parthenon and leading the Golden Age of peace and achievement.

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Pericles

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First Greek historian who wrote on the Persian Wars

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Herodotus