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Athens

This place was the home of Euripides and a major Greek city-state during this period.

Sparta

This place was a major city-state in the time of Euripides.

Mycenae

This place, at the time of the Trojan War, was led by King Agamemnon and was the most powerful city-state in the Greek world.

Troy

This place was an important trading center in Asia Minor.

Thebes

This place was an important city-state in ancient Greece and the site of many tragedies.

Delphi

This place was the home of the oracle of Apollo.

Thyrsus

This was a staff with a kind of pinecone on the end.

Maenads

These were the crazed women followers of Dionysus.

Libations

These were poured in ceremonial settings, often also used to placate the spirits of the dead when poured on their graves.

Chorus

This acts as a kind of impartial spectator that comments on the...

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