Greece powerpoint

• the Homeric question none may have been a mythical creation himself o
• a blind wandering minstrel; a heroic figure
• Iliad and Odyssey may e the culmination of many generations of storytelling
• or... homer actually existed and he was just that awesome
• polis: fundamental political unit, made up of a city and the surrounding countryside
• politics, policy, political, etc.
• monarchy: rule by a single person
• aristocracy: rule by a small group of noble, very rich, landowning families
• oligarchy: wealthy groups, dissatisfied with aristocratic rule who seized power
• tyrant: a powerful individual who seized control by appealing to the common people for support