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po·lis

| \ ˈpä-ləs

\

plural poleis \
ˈpä-ˌlās

\

: a Greek city-state

broadly

: a state or society especially when characterized by a sense of community

: city

megalo polis

Her political ideal is the Greek space of the polis , or city-state.

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Lauren Markham, Harper's Magazine , 16 Mar. 2021

Placed around the polis , these statues, depicting nude young men, served as a living symbol for the ideal citizen.

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Autumn Wright, Wired , 16 Jan. 2021

As the locus of masculinity in Ancient Greece, the 17- to 18-year-old boy becomes an ephebe after shaving his first beard and beginning a requisite two years of military service for the polis .

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Autumn Wright, Wired , 16 Jan. 2021

If everything in Athens concerns the public and the polis , then Eleusis, 13 miles to the east, concerns a transformation that is private and outside of politics.

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New York Times , 28 Apr. 2020

Parallels with today This account of the Greek polis shows us that the protection of the body of the city-state depended on the sacrifice of the socially downtrodden, which has parallels with the situation today.

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Candida Moss, The Conversation , 23 Mar. 2020

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Definition of -polis (Entry 2 of 2)

These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'polis.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback .

borrowed from Greek pólis "citadel, city, community of citizens, city-state" — more at police entry 1

borrowed from Greek, combining form of pólis "citadel, city, community of citizens, city-state" — more at police entry 1
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N.S. Gill is a Latinist, writer, and teacher of ancient history and Latin. She has been featured by NPR and National Geographic for her ancient history expertise.

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The polis (plural, poleis)—also known as a city-state—was the ancient Greek city-state . The word politics comes from this Greek word. In the ancient world, the polis was a nucleus, the central urban area that could also have controlled the surrounding countryside. (The word polis could also refer to the city's body of citizens.) This surrounding countryside ( chora or ge ) could also be considered part of the polis. Hansen and Nielsen say there were around 1500 archaic and classical Greek poleis. The region formed by a cluster of poleis, bound geographically and ethnically, was an ethnos (pl. ethne) .

Pseudo-Aristotle defines the Greek polis as "an assemblage of houses, lands, and property sufficient to enable the inhabitants to lead a civilized life" [Pounds]. It was often a lowland, agricultural central area surrounded by protective hills. It may have started as numerous separate villages that banded together when its mass became large enough to be almost self-sustaining.

The polis of Athens, the largest of the Greek poleis, was the birthplace of democracy. Aristotle saw the household "oikos" as the basic social unit of the polis, according to J. Roy.

Athens was the urban center of Attica; Thebes of Boeotia; Sparta of the southwestern Peloponnese, etc. At least 343 poleis belonged, at some point, to the Delian League , according to Pounds. Hansen and Nielsen provide a list with member poleis from the regions of Lakonia, the Saronic Gulf (to the west of Corinth ), Euboia, the Aegean, Macedonia, Mygdonia, Bisaltia, Chalkidike, Thrace, Pontus, the Pronpontos, Lesbos, Aiolis, Ionia, Karia, Lykia, Rhodes, Pamphyli, Kilikia, and poleis from unlocated regions.

It is common to consider the Greek polis ended at the Battle of Chaironeia, in 338 B.C, but An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis argues that this is based on the assumption that the polis required autonomy and that was not the case. Citizens continued to run their city's business even into the Roman period.

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To provide, at a modest cost, learning experiences for retired and semi-retired persons, regardless of previous educational background.

The Pursuit of Learning in Society (POLIS) organization, sponsored by Quincy University, allows active, retired adults to continue a lifetime of learning while relaxing in a comfortable academic setting with those your own age. No tests are required.
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POLIS offers courses for the Fall Semester and Spring Semester concurrent with Quincy University degree courses. Most classes are held at Quincy University’s North Campus (North 18th Street and Seminary Road) from 2:00 to 4:00 PM with alternate locations and times for field classes.
You can register by mail or in person during a scheduled registration day in the Center for Science lobby located at the North Campus. Click the POLIS Patter link for more registration information.
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