Ancient Greek Vocabulary

A Greek city and surrounding lands

• polis

• democracy

• aristocracy

• spartan

Government ruled by a small elite, landowning families.

• Monarchy

• Aristocracy

• Oligarchy

Person who paid for many events

• sponsor

• chamillionare

• president

• tyrant

ruled by the citizens

• democracy

• oligarchy

• aristocracy

• dictatorship

severe ; comes from Spartan military

• Spartan

• Athenian

• Corinthian

• Olympian

ruler who takes power by force

• tyrant

• president

• king

• emperor

a long poem telling of the adventures of heroes

• epic

• haiku

• free-verse

a piece of land surrounded by water on THREE sides

• peninsula

• island

• isthmus

a settlement in a distant land

• colony

• far far away

• island

having to do with the sea, shipping, and sailing

• maritime

• colony

• democracy

• oligarchy