polis
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Playwrights addressed the polis not by dramatizing current events but by recasting tales from the mythological and historic past to sharpen critical thinking on contemporary concerns.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2025
They were woven into the fabric of a democratic polis.
From Salon ● Apr. 13, 2025
Now protected by their own walls, and in possession of all the civic tools needed to form their own polis, the Helots were liberated from Spartan tyranny at long last.
From Slate ● Jan. 16, 2024
The term polis, from which is derived the word political, refers to the city-state, the basic unit of government in ancient Greece.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022
If on their own they would wander all over this big L.A. without a plan other than to avoid polis.
From "Beast Rider" by Tony Johnston & María Elena Fontanot de Rhoads
The Greek poleis were each distinct, fiercely proud of their own identity and independence, and they frequently fought small-scale wars against one another.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
The poleis also invented institutions that united the cities culturally, despite their political independence, the most important of which was the Panhellenic games.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
Thus, it was all too easy for Athens to simply use the League to drain the other poleis of wealth while building up its own power.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
Thus, between 405 BCE — 338 BCE, the old order of the hoplites and republics atrophied, replaced by oligarchic councils or tyrants in the poleis and stronger, tax-supported states.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2019
The Hellenic municipalities were developments from the poleis, or city-states, which existed prior to the Roman conquest in Greece and the Hellenized areas of Asia and Africa.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Arthur Edward Romilly Boak
