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$Greek vocabulary$
Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |