History and cultures
An area of land surrounded by water
What is a pinensula?
the fortified or strengthened hill of an Ancient Greek city
A member of a rich and powerful family
What is an aristocrat?
A ruler who takes power by force
What is a tyrant?
A form of government in which citizens govern themselves
Any priest or priestess who spoke for the gods.
What is an oracle?
Someone who uses reason to understand the world
What is a philosopher?
A type of serious drama that usually ends in disaster for the main character
What is a tragedy?
A city-state in ancient Greece; capitol of modern day Greece
What is Athens?
A public market and meeting place in an Ancient Greek city
What is an agora?
A seller of goods
What is a vendor?
Condition of being owned or forced to work for someone else
A member of a certain class of servants in ancient Sparta
What is a helot?
A war fought between Athens and Sparta in ancient Greece
What is the Peloponnesian War?
A wide-spread disease
What is a plague?
An action taken to isolate an enemy and cut off its supplies
What is a blockade?
A wild and uncivilized person
What is a barbarian?
To murder for political reasons
What is assassination?
King of Macedonia from 336 to 323 bc; conquered of Persia and Egypt and invader of India
Who is Alexander the Great?
Describing Greek history or culture after the death of Alexander the Great
What is Hellenistic?
What is The Bouleuterion?
This concert hall could seat 1,000 people
what is The Odeion of Agrippa?
Merchants housed their shops here
What is the Stoa of Attalos?
Council members ate and slept in this round building
What is The Tholos?
This temple honored Hephaestus the god of invention and crafts
What is the Hephaesteion?