Ancient Greece Vocabulary
A body of stories about Gods and heroes that try to explain how the world works.
Myth or mythology
In terms of architecture, what are the TWO fabulous buildings that are still (semi) standing today?
Pantheon, Parthenon
The young Military leader who dominated all of Greece and most of Europe
Alexander the Great
Who was the storyteller famous for his Fables?
Aesop
A government that has one ruler who rules everyone with fear and power.
Tyranny
Unit of troops that ride on horseback
Cavalry
Which main city state in Ancient Greece treated women more poorly
Athens
What two geographic features effected how Ancient Greece developed?
Mountains and seas.
List three things women in Athens were not allowed to do:
Leave the house by themselves, talk to men that were not in their family, vote, inherit property or money, chose who they want to marry, have a job
God of the Ocean
Poseidon
Greek - like
Hellenistic
Main rival of Athens
Sparta
What kind of land form is Greece?
A peninsula
The philosopher who asked a lot of questions and was forced to drink poison to kill himself.
Socrates
God of Underworld
Hades
Clear and ordered thinking
Reason
Known for her lyric poems, this famous Greek wrote about love stories and relationships.
Sappho
What was the war that threatened to tear all of Greece apart?
Peloponnesian War
What would happen to babies in Sparta if they were deemed unfit/weak?
They would be left outside the city walls to die.
An agreement to work together
Alliance
Free people who are allowed to voice their opinions in their city, state, or country.
Citizens
What were the three main types of government BEFORE Democracy?
Aristocrats, Oligarchy, Tyrant
Because it was hard to farm, the Greeks became very good at what?
Trading and sailing
The Philosopher that created "The Academy" and wrote "The Republic"
Plato
Who had the strong army? Who had the strong navy?
Sparta, Athens
A group of warriors who stood close together in a square
Phalanx
Who were the Arts most important too?
Athens
Who is credited with creating the stories The Odyssey and The Iliad?
Homer
The Persian ruler who started the Persian Wars with Greece.
Darius I
Which city-state fought in the battle of Thermopylae (the same thing as the movie "300").
Sparta
Cruel and oppressive government or rule
Tyranny
Who was the first emperor/King to rule Persia?
Cyrus the Great
What three continents did Alexander the Great's empire spread across?
Europe, Africa, and Asia
The son of Darius who also lead the Persian empire in an attack on Greece 10 years after the first Persian War.
Xerxes I
Hellenistic cultures developed as a result of which person?
Alexander the Great