2/8/2018
Today in class we did not do what we normally do because Mr. Shick's sick.
We took notes from the book about the warring city-states.
-Polis: fundamental political unit, made up of a city and the surrounding countryside. Politics affairs of the cities, policy, political. Monarchy: rule by a single person , a king, in Greece. Aristocracy: rule by a small group of noble, very rich, landowning families. Oligarchy: wealthy groups, dissatisfied with aristocratic rule, who seized power often with military help. Tyrant: powerful
individual who seized control by appealing to the common people for support.
-Aristocrats: members of the ruling class. They attended symposiums, meetings where the elite men would enjoy wine and poetry, performances by dancers and acrobats, and the company of hetaeras while discussing politics.
We took notes from the book about the warring city-states.
-Polis: fundamental political unit, made up of a city and the surrounding countryside. Politics affairs of the cities, policy, political. Monarchy: rule by a single person , a king, in Greece. Aristocracy: rule by a small group of noble, very rich, landowning families. Oligarchy: wealthy groups, dissatisfied with aristocratic rule, who seized power often with military help. Tyrant: powerful
individual who seized control by appealing to the common people for support.
-Aristocrats: members of the ruling class. They attended symposiums, meetings where the elite men would enjoy wine and poetry, performances by dancers and acrobats, and the company of hetaeras while discussing politics.
-Tyrant: someone who rules outside the framework of the polis. The modern meaning of tyrant: an abusive or oppressive ruler. The Greek meaning of tyrant: someone who simply seized power usually with hoplite help.
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