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Ancient Greece Vocab
Kennedy Middle School
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Agora | a gathering place marketplace in ancient Greece |
| bard | someone who writes or performs epic poems or stories about heroes and their deeds |
| cavalry | soldiers who fight while riding horses |
| colony | - a group of people living in a new territory with close ties to their homeland; the new territory itself |
| democracy | - a government by the people “demos”-“common people; “-cracy”-“rule” or “government” p. 184 |
| direct democracy | a form of democracy in which all citizens can participate firsthand in the decision-making process |
| drama | - a story that is told by the actions and spoken words of actors |
| ephor | a high-ranking government official in Sparta who was elected by the council of elders |
| Hellenistic Era | - time period after Alexander died when Greek culture spread to all the lands in his empire |
| helot | - a slave in ancient Sparta |
| Hippocratic Oath | - a set of promises about patient care that new doctors make when they start practicing medicine |
| myth | a traditional story that explains a culture’s beliefs or part of the natural world |
| oligarchy | a government in which a small group has control “oligo-“ “few or small |
| peninsula- | - a piece of land nearly surrounded by water |
| phalanx | - a group of armed footoldiers in ancient Greece arranged close together in rows |
| philosopher | a person who searches for wisdom or enlightenment |
| polis | a Greek city-state |
| representative democracy | a form of democracy in which citizens elect officials to govern on their behalf |
| rhetoric- | the art of public speaking and debate |
| satrap | - the governor of a province in ancient Persia |
| satrapy | a province in ancient Persia |
| Socratic method | - philosophical method of questioning to gain truth; developed by Socrates |
| Sophists | - Greek teachers of philosophy, reasoning, and public speaking |
| tragedy | - a drama in which characters struggle to overcome problems, but fail |
| tyrant | an absolute ruler unrestrained by law |
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