Polis is a word. It means Greek city state.
The name of their city.
It was not the Greeks but the Greek city-state of Eretria.The Persians then switched to Athens which defeated them at Marathon.
Agora.
First name the city-state.
Polis is a word. It means Greek city state.
polis. Its the greek name for city.
There are 2: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Indianapolis, Indiana
City-state
The Greek city state Athens is named for Athena. This was because Athena was the patron goddess of Athens.
One Greek city-state beginning with the letter "P" is Pella. Pella was the capital of ancient Macedonia and the birthplace of Alexander the Great.
Athens is a city in Ohio that got its name from Greek mythology. It comes from the goddess Athena. Another town in Ohio is named after the Greek poet Arion.
Another word for a complex society is a city-state
Many Greek cities were built on a rocky hill called an acropolis. The name acropolis was from the Greek word akros, meaning highest, and polis, meaning city.
A city state is not the capital of a nation. It is a independent entity whose territory consists of a city which is not administered as part of another local government. Example: Ancient Athens Greece was a city state. Another name for a city state would be Polis
There are several different ideas about it, but the most likely one is probably Cynane Another daughter of Phillip was Thessaloniki, the name was given to her because when she was borne Phillip had a victory to another Greek state, the state of Thessaly. In Greek Niki (νικη) means victory, so the total word Thessalo-Niki (Θεσσαλονίκη), means victory against the State of Thessaly. Thessaloniki was the sister of Alexander the Great and today is the name of the capital city of Macedonia, the city of Thessaloniki.
Philip II was King of the ancient kingdom state of Macedonia and Alexander the Great's father. His name is made up of two greek words, ''Philos''=(Friend) + ''Ippos'' =(Horse), so his name would translate into English as:''Friend of Horses''. Macedonia was one of the ancient Greek city-states, like Athens, Sparta, Molossoe (Epirus) etc. As a Greek, he was married to a Greek princess, Olympia of Molossoe, from another Greek city-state, west of the Greek city-state of Macedonia.