Ancient Greece Vocabulary

the greek word for city-state

• polis
• acropolis
• oligarchy
• democracy

an age marked by great achievements

• classical
• tyrant
• aristocrats
• citizens

a high hill upon which a Greek fortress was built

• tyrant
• cavalry
• acropolis
• reason

a type of government in which people rule themselves

• oligarchy
• monarchy
• dual-monarchy
• democracy

rich landowners or nobles

• citizens
• aristocrats
• alliance
• reason

a government in which only a few people have power

• monarchy
• democracy
• oligarchy
• dual-monarchy

a person who has the right to participate in government

• citizens
• aristocrats
• alliance
• polis

an ancient Greek leader who held power through the use of force

• phalanx
• tyrant
• aristocrat
• cavalry

Athenian leader, he encouraged the spread of democracy and led Athens when the city was at its height.

• Homer
• Pericles
• Sappho
• Aristotle

stories about gods and heroes that try to explain how the world works

• fables
• mythology
• reason
• phalanx