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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 |
| metics | a class of people in Athens who were not citizens |
| helots | one of the sparton 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 of the illiad and oddessy |
| monarchy | a system of goverment in which a king, queen, or emporer is the absolute ruler |
| oligarchy | a system of goverment in which few people rule |
| democracy | a system of goverment in which the people rule,either directly or through elected representives |
| tyrant | a ruler who has absolute Powewr |
| polis | a city in anctient greece |
| trireme | a major sailing vessel powered by three banks of oarsmen. |
| fresco | a painting done on fresh plaster with water colors |
| peloponnesus | a hilly major penninsula in greece |
| ostracized | shunned, avoided |
| oracle | places where the gods spoke directly to man |
| phalanx | special greek battle formation where soldiers formed rows closely pressed together |
| phiosiphy | the study of 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 of 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 anctient Cretan civilization |
| myths | legends or stories that attempt to explain natrual events |
| Dorians | a group that invaded Greece around 1000 B.C. |
| Hellenes | the name the Dorians gave themselves |
| Acropolis | a hilltop fortress in anctient Athens which included the Parthenon and other famous buildings where citizens met to discuss affairs of the community |
| agora | the central marketplace in Anctient Athens and the site of numerous temples and govemant buildings |
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