POLISCI 359 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Polis

• School: UMASS-Amherst
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLISCI 359
• Professor: Kevin Young

Document Summary

Polis: originally meant citadel: pur: meant citadel, pilis: meant castle or stronghold, some scholars think these terms come from to fill or to flow , having to do with a crowd or a mass. Citadel becomes the akropolis (the top-most part of the polis) Polis can mean either physical settlement or a political meaning, the political state : sometimes referred to as city-state , athens, sparta, plural of polis = poleis. About 850 poleis in ancient greece; each of these had about 300-