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

These shouters scare me to the bone, they seem so much like the polis and Border Patrol—those bad ones who tried to stop me.

From "Beast Rider" by Tony Johnston & María Elena Fontanot de Rhoads