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Ancient Greek Vocab
Section one (Geography)
| Words | Definitions |
|---|---|
| Peninsula | |
| Epic | |
| Homer | |
| Acropolis | |
| City state | A city with it's own traditions, government and law. |
| Aristocrat (Aristocracy) | |
| Tyrant (tyranny) | |
| Solon | |
| isthmus (Corinth) | |
| lliad | Homer's epic story of the Trojan War |
| Odyssey | |
| Odyssesus | |
| Achillies | |
| Troy | A city-state in Asia Minor that is the rival of the Greeks |
| Trojan Horse | |
| Agamemnon | |
| Helen | |
| Paris | |
| Priam | |
| Heinrich Schliemann | German archaeologist who was said to have discovered the ruins of Troy on the coast of Turkey, and the golden "King Priam's Treasure" in 1873 using Homer's Iliad as a guide. |
| Menelaus | |
| Hector | |
| Aegean Sea | Sea to the east, between Greece and Asia Minor. |
| Mediterranean Sea | The largest sea separates Europe and Africa. |
| Black Sea | Inland sea in SW Eurasia (present day southern Ukraine and Russia). |
| Sea of Marmara | Sea located between the Dardanelles Strait and the Bosporus Strait. |
| Crete | Large island located in the southern Aegean Sea, where the Minoan civilization flourished. |
| Thera (Santorini) | Volcanic island in the Aegean believed by some to have been the site of the legendary lost civilization of Atlantis |
| Hellespont (Dardanelles Strait) | ancient Greek name for Dardanelles, the narrow strait separating Europe and Asia at the northern tip of the Aegean Sea. |
| Bosporus Strait | Strait located at the Northern end of the Sea of Marmara and leading to the Black Sea. |
| Mt. Olympus (Olympic Mountain) | Highest peak in Greece. Mythical home of the Olympic gods (Greek gods) |
| Gulf of Corinth | Narrow body of water to the west of the Isthmus of Corinth, that separates northern Greece from the Peloponnese(southern Peninsula) |
| Adriatic Sea | Sea located between northern Greece and Italy to the west. |
| Ionian Sea | Sea located between southern Greece and Italy to the west. |
| Asia Minor | A peninsula in western Asia, between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea: the site of present-day eastern Turkey |
| Macedonia | |
| Sicily | Large island located off the tip of the Italian peninsula. Both the Spartans and the Athenians fought for control of Sicily because of it's strategic location in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea which made it an important location for trade. |
| Peloponnesus | Large peninsula the forms the southern part of Greece |
| Knossos | Ancient capital of the Minoan culture on the Aegean island of Crete |
| Minoans | Advanced seafaring and trading civilization based on the island of Crete in the southern Aegean Sea. |
| Mycenaens | First great Greek city state that conquered the Minoans |
| Proximity | Related to relative location, it id how near or close a thing or place is to another. |
| Tribute | |
| Pericles | |
| Parthenon | Famous temple of the goddess Athena located on the Acropolis in Athens. One of the Seven wonders of the world |
| Elgin marbles | |
| caryatids | Famous architectural columns sculpted to look like female figures on the Erectheum temple located on the Acropolis. |
| Socrates | |
| Plato | |
| Aristotle | |
| immortal | |
| philosopher | |
| tragedy | |
| Aristophanes | |
| Themistocles | |
| Olympic Gods | |
| Zeus | |
| Hera | |
| Poseidon | |
| Apollo | |
| Athena | |
| Aphrodite | |
| Hephaestus | |
| Hades | |
| Titans | |
| Cronus | |
| Artemis | |
| Demeter | |
| Dionysus | |
| Hestia | |
| Aries | |
| Hermes | |
| River Styx | The Styx was the principal river of the underworld, which had to be crossed to pass to the regions of the dead, called Hades(hell). |
| Perseus | |
| Oracle of Delphi | |
| Golden Age | Period from 479 b.c- 431 b.c when Athens grew rich and powerful from trade and silver; and made amazing achievements in the art, literature philosophy, architecture, and government. Democracy was founded during this period. |
| democracy | a form of government in which the people govern themselves. One person=1 vote. Only Athenian men could vote |
| drama | |
| Sophocles | |
| Agora | |
| Athens | |
| merchant | |
| amphora | |
| Ode | |
| lyre | |
| amphitheater | |
| Athens | Greek city-state where Democracy was founded. Defeated by Sparta in the Peloponnesian Wars. Capital of Modern Greece. |
| Delian league | |
| Sparta | City-state in ancient Greece known for it's warrior culture. Defeated Athens in the Peloponnesian War |
| Peloponnesian War | |
| Silver | |
| tribute | |
| Plague | |
| blockade | |
| Persia | |
| Cyrus | |
| Xerxes | |
| Marathon | |
| Nike | |
| Thermopylae | |
| Leonidas | |
| hoplite(Holon) | |
| phalanx | |
| dory | |
| siphon | |
| Artesian Straits | |
| helot | |
| xenophobia | |
| Salamis | |
| Hellenistic(Hellenism) | |
| assassinate | |
| barbarian | |
| Alexander the Great | |
| Alexandria | |
| Darius | |
| Euclid | |
| Archimedes | |
| Pythagoras | |
| Herodotus | |
| Aristides | |
| Thucydides | |
| Persepolis | |
| Gaugamela | |
| Pythagoras | |
| Herodotus | |
| Aristides | |
| Thucydides | |
| Persepolis | |
| Gaugamela | |
| Ptolemy | |
| Column | |
| Doric | |
| Ionian | |
| Corinthian | |
| cultural diffusion | The spreading of ideas or products from one culture to another. Direct diffusion of culture occurs when two distinct cultures are very close together(proximity). Occurred trough trade, intermarriage,and sometimes WARFARE |
| sirisa | |
| Macedonian Phalanx | |
| Hippocrates |
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