Vocabulary
A city that acts as its own, independent country
What is a City State?
This wooden device was used to smuggle Greek soldiers into Troy
What is the Trojan Horse?
The goddess of love and beauty
Who is Aphrodite?
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
Known for its direct democracy, this city state has left an incredible impact on modern day society
What is Athens?
A person with one parent as a god and one as a normal human
What is a Demigod?
Said to be the most beautiful woman in the world, she was seen as the cause of the Trojan War
Who was Helen of Troy/Sparta?
The home of the gods
What is Mt. Olympus?
The northernmost mountain range in Greece
What are the Balkan Mountain range?
The Spartan slave caste
What are the Helots?
A disease or illness that spreads quickly through a population
What is a Plague?
The invincible Greek hero, with only one weak spot located on his heel
Who was Achilles?
In Greek myths, these characters are usually human and are defined by the fact that they can die
What is a Mortal?
The peninsula that contains the city state of Sparta
What is the Peloponnese Peninsula?
This city state existed as three cities on a single island, before uniting as one city state
What is Rhodes?
A rigid system that assigned people roles at birth
What is a Caste System?
One of the Trojan princes, was said to be the greatest soldiers in all of Troy and known for his courage
This weaver made the goddess Athena angry with her arrogance, and was turned into a spider as a result
Who was Arachne?
This country was the last place Alexander the great reached. He did not invade it because his men wanted to go home.
What is India?
This city state was the site for the Olympic Games
What is Olympia?
A type of government where a few powerful people make all of the decisions for the entire country
What is an Oligarchy?
The King of Troy, was said to be put on the throne by Heracles himself
Who was King Priam?
The Greek word meaning "Speech" or "Story"
What is Muthos?
a narrow strip of land with sea on either side, forming a link between two larger areas of land.
What is an Isthmus?
The word meaning to be free to govern oneself and make their own laws
What is autonomous?