Vocabulary
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| Mattock | A heavy hoe which was the chief-tool of Greek famers | ||||
| Drama- | A serious play or theatrical event | ||||
| Metics- | A class of people in Athens who were not citizens | ||||
| Helots- | One of the Spartan slave classes | ||||
| City-States - | A self governing unit made up of a city and its surrounding villages and farmland | ||||
| Homer- | A Greek epic poet and author of Ilaid and Odyssey | ||||
| Monarchy- | A system of government in which a monarch - a king, queen, or emperor is the sole and absolute | ||||
| Oligarchy- | A system of government in which a few people rule | ||||
| Democracy- | A system of government in which people rule either directly or through elected representatives | ||||
| Tyrant- | A ruler who has absolute power (nobody can tell them what to do) | ||||
| Polis- | A city-state in ancient Greece | ||||
| trireme- | A major sailing vessel powered by three banks of oarsmen | ||||
| fresco- | A painting done on fresh plaster with watercolors | ||||
| Peloponnesus- | A hilly major peninsula in Greece | ||||
| ostracized- | shunned, avoided | ||||
| oracle- | Places where the gods spoke directly to men | ||||
| phalanx- | Special Greek battle formation where soldiers formed rows, closely pressed together | ||||
| philosophy- | A study of the meaning and knowledge of life | ||||
| Sophocles- | A famous Greek writer | ||||
| Pericles- | A Greek leader of the Golden Age | ||||
| Ionia- | a group of Greek cities on the coast Asia Minor | ||||
| epic- | A long poem that tells the story of a hero | ||||
| barbarians- | the name given by the Greeks to any people who were not Greek | ||||
| colonies- | areas set up in conquered lands by the Greek city states for use when they themselves became overpopulated | ||||
| Minoan- | An ancient Cretan civilization | ||||
| myths- | Legends or stories that attempt to explain natural events | ||||
| Dorians- | a group that invaded Greece around 1000 BC | ||||
| Hellenes- | The name the Dorians gave themselves | ||||
| Acropolis- | A hilltop fortress in Ancient Athens which included the Parthenon | ||||
| agora- | The central marketplace in Ancient Athens and the site of numerous temples and government buildings |
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Created by:
Jacob Cole-Wright
on 2012-01-26