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Greek vocabulary.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| City State | A city that functions much like an independent country. |
| Tyrant | Powerful individuals who gained control of a city-state's government by appealing to the poor for support. |
| Trireme | Strong wooden ship built with battering ram in front. |
| Myth | A traditional story about gods, ancestors, or heroes, told to explain the natural world or the customs and beliefs of a society. |
| Ilad | Poem written by Homer telling the tale of how the Greeks and Trojans battled for 10 years after Paris stole Helen away from Menalaus. |
| Odyssey | Poem written by Homer telling the story of Odysseus's return from the Trojan Wars to his home in Ithaca |
| Royal Road | A road in the Persian Empire, stretching 1600 miles from Susa in Persia to Sardis in Antatolia |
| Tyrant | Powerful individuals who gained control of a city-state's government by appealing to the poor for support. |
| Trireme | Strong wooden ship built with battering ram in front. |
| Phalanx | A military formation where soldiers fought shoulder to shoulder and shield to shield for protection. |
| Marathon | Marshy plain where the Athenians successfully defeated an invading Persian force during the |
| Thermopylae | Mountain pass where 300 Spartan soldiers held off thousands of Persian Wars. Also called The Hot Gates. |
| Hoplite | Name of the soldiers used in the battle of Marathon. |
| Acropolis | fortified hilltop. |
| Monarchy | A government ruled by a King or Queen. |
| Democracy | A government controlled by its citizens |
| Oligarchy | A government in which power is in the hands of a few people - especially one in rule is based on wealth. |
| Aristocracy | A government in which power is in the hands of a hereditary ruling class or nobility. |