Greek to Me
One of every eight words we speak.
Greek Words
Greece is located on which continent.
Europe
Place "Above the City"
Acropolis
Were mostly taught at home by their mothers
Girls
This polis was known for arts, pottery, and theater.
Argos
Greek money meaning "Handful"
Drachma
This Greek sea touches nearly all of Greece
Aegean
Greek Marketplace
Agora
Place where most classes were held.
Outside in the open air
Known as the wild, crazy port town with lots of money and shenanigans
Corinth
This is what Greeks called Greece.
Hellas
Greek landscape was mostly
Mountains
Self-governing cluster of farms, trade, and city
City-State
Where boys trained their bodies, wrestled, and trained.
Gymnasium
Not someone you would pick a fight with. They love to fight.
Sparta
This means "Rejoice!"
Chaire
(hoo-rah)
City in Asia Minor, 10 year war, wooden horse
Troy
Three types of Columns
Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian
An older male to oversee the boy's schoolwork and to be a tutor.
Pedagogue
Cha-Ching, they've got the money. Trade is their thing.
Megara
The Greek word for Gymnasium
Gymnasium...duh!
Island home of the Minoans
Crete
The stage for Theater and Assembly
Amphitheater
What would boys use to write onto their tablets
Stylus
Ok, Smartypants. Birthplace of Democracy
Athens