Polis sentence example
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- The lands through which Io is to travel are devoid of the civil and religious institutions of the classical Greek polis and oikos.
- The need for philosophy, he thought, began with the break-up of the harmony of the polis, the ancient Greek city-state.
- The future belonged to any power that could combine the advantages of both systems, could make a state larger than the Greek polis, and animated by a spirit equal to that of the Greek soldier.
- Dr. Ma concentrates on ancient Greek history; his particular interests are Asia Minor, Greek epigraphy and the Hellenistic polis.
- Ekholm and Arrhenius (84) claim to have established the existence of a tropical lunar period, and a 25.929-day period; while P. Polis (85) considers a synodic lunar period probable.Advertisement
- Follow the coast northwards from Paphos and you'll come across the charming village of Latchi and Polis.
- When the plays were performed for the entire democratic polis the experiences of audience members were, of necessity, not equal.
- He quotes Fenelon and Addison, "deux esprits polis et doux, de la meme famille litteraire," as expressing their admiration for the inimitable beauty and naturalness of one of his scenes.
- The Hellenistic City This course explores the role of the city, the Greek polis, in the Hellenistic world.
- Agde is a place of great antiquity and is said to have been founded under the name of agathe polis (Good City) by the Phocaeans.Advertisement
- The best you can hope fur is that they call the polis, the worst is that you'll get yer heid kicked in.
- In the Tabula Peutingeriana it appears as Prisca, in the Antonine Itinerary as Serantaprista, in the Notitia as Seragintaprista and in Ptolemy as Priste Polis.
- Among the "identificationists" there are two schools, one placing the town at Polis on the west coast in the northern half of the island (Leake, Gladstone, &c.), and the other at Aeto on the isthmus.