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Lecture 2: Age of the Polis


-Polis: self-governing state; becomes fundamental to Greeks

- believed if the polis was governed well it’d be stronger that the state

- polis = walled city, Athens was the largest at around 400,000

- average polis was 5,000-10,000 people

-Attica: ?

-Hoplite: heavily armed warriors; fought only on the plains, with pipes. Made up of mostly farmers

-Phalanx: group of hoplites; they remained supreme in Greece until the Romans conquered

-Arete: means excellence, virtue, and warrior glory to the Greeks

-Peloponnesus: area also called Sparta

-Helots: lowest class of citizen

-Perioikoi: free men and women (above the helots but not equals)

-Equals: “full” citizens, most power

-Krypteia: young boys organization (ages 18-20). Involved spying, stealing, forging in the wilderness, etc… secret group

-Agoge: schooling

-Demokratia: democracy

-Cleisthenes: brought about a widening of political participation in Athens (his idea: the people are powerful; add the “demos” to the group...

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