Ancient Greece Vocabulary

Oath taken by medical students swearing to practice medicine in an ethical way

• Hippocratic Oath

• Hypothesis

• Medical Oath

A logical guess made from observation of nature

• Hippocratic Oath

• Hypothesis

• Oath of Allegiance

Athletic competition held every four years in ancient Greece in honor of Zeus

• Summer Olympics

• Winter Olympics

• Para Olympics

• Olympic Games

Collection of myths or stories people told about their gods and heroes

• Mythology

• Fable

• Fairy Tale

A military alliance led by Athens promising to protect one another from Persia, providing money or ships for defense

• Delian League

• Peloponnesian League

• Persian League

A military alliance led by Sparta because some city-states feared heroes

• Delian League

• Peloponnesian League

• Persian League

Greek victory over the Persian army during the second Persian War, victory on water

• Battle of Salamis

• Battle of Marathon

• Battle of Thermopolaye

Government run by a strong ruler

• Tyranny

• Dictator

• President

Greek victory over the Persian army that ended the first Persian War, victory on land

• Battle of Marathon

• Battle of Salamis

• Battle of Thermopolaye

Conquered group of people called Messenians who were forced to farm for Spartans

• Slaves

• Helots

• Peasants