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Greek Vocab?
vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| mattock | a heavy hoe which was the cheif-tool of Greek farmers |
| drama | a serious play or theatrical event |
| metics | a class of people in Athens who were not citizens |
| Helots | one of the Spartans slave classes |
| city-state | a self governing unit made up of a city and its surrounding villages and farmland |
| Homer | a Greek epic poet and author pf the Iliad and Odyssey |
| monarchy | a system of govrenment in which a monarch- a king, queen, or emperor is the sole and absolute ruler |
| oligarchy | a system of govrenment in which a few people rule |
| democracy | a system of govrenment in which the people rule, either directly or through elected representatives |
| tyrant | a ruler who has absolute power (not limited by a constitution or by other officals) |
| 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 water color |
| Peloponnesus | a hilly major peninsulain Greece |
| ostracized | shunned, avoided |
| oracle | places where the gods spoke to man |
| phalanx | spcial Greek battle formation where soldiers formed rows, closed pressed together |
| philosophy | the study of the meaning and knowlage of life |
| Sophocles | a famous Greek writer |
| Pericles | a Greek leader of the Golden Age |
| Ionia | a group of Greek cities on the coast of Asia Minor |
| epic | a long poem that tells the story of a hero |
| barbarians | the name given by the Greeks to people who were not Greek |
| colonies | areas set up in conqured lands by the Greek city states for use when they themselves became overpopulated |
| Minoan | an ancient Cretan civilization |
| myths | legands or stories that attempt to explain natural events |
| Dorians | a group that invaded Greece around 1000 BC |
| Hellenes | the name the Dorians gave themselves |
| Acroplis | a hilltop fortress in Ancient Athens which included the Patheonon and other famous buildings where citizens met to discuss affairs of the community |
| agora | the central matketplace in Ancient Athens and the site of numerous temples and government buildings |
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