Greek gods
Father of the many gods
Zeus
City-State
Polis
Socrates' student
Plato
Power is held by small group of people
Oligarchy
Power to think clearly
What is reason?
Brother of Zeus
Posiedon
Legal member of a city or state
citizen
Began writing the history of the war while events were fresh in people's memories.
Thucydides
Government run by a strong ruler
Tyranny
Educated guess
Hypothesis
God of war
Ares
high city
acropolis
Wrote The Histories
Herodotous
Rule by the people
Democracy
Worship of more than one god
Polytheism
Goddess of love and beauty
Aphrodite
Influenced by the Minoians
Myceneans
Xenophon
Citizens participate directly in decision-making
Direct Democracy
Olympic games take place every how many years.
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Protector of Cities
Athena
Homer
Wrote a book on "Politics" and "Nicomachean Ethics"
Aristotle
Citizens elect others to represent in government
Collection of myths or stories that people tell about their gods and heroes.
What is mythology?