polis
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Creon, representing the claims of the polis over the clan, cannot be dismissed outright.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
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
A stopping place is coming with big buildings—and polis with fierce dogs that can smell even fear.
From "Beast Rider" by Tony Johnston & María Elena Fontanot de Rhoads
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
Cyrus swiftly defeated the Greek poleis, but instead of punishing the Greeks for opposing him he allowed them to keep their language, religion, and culture, simply insisting they give him loyal warriors and offer tribute.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
Soon, Athens moved from simply extracting money to actually imposing political control in other poleis.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
In 499 BCE several Ionian Greek poleis rose against the Persians and successfully secured Athenian aid.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
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
