Greece vocabulary

a piece of land nearly surrounded by water

• peninsula
• polis
• agora
• colony
• phalanx

a Greek city-state

• peninsula
• polis
• agora
• colony
• phalanx

a gathering place; marketplace in ancient Greece

• peninsula
• polis
• agora
• colony
• phalanx

a group of people living in a new territory who have ties to their homeland; the new territory itself

• peninsula
• polis
• agora
• colony
• phalanx

a group of armed foot soldiers in ancient Greece arranged close together in rows

• peninsula
• polis
• agora
• colony
• phalanx

an absolute ruler unrestrained by law

• ephor
• helot
• democracy
• oligarchy
• tyrant

a government in which a small group has control

• satrapy
• helot
• democracy
• oligarchy
• tyrant

a government by the people

• ephor
• helot
• democracy
• oligarchy
• tyrant

enslaved people in ancient Sparta

• satrapy
• helot
• democracy
• oligarchy
• tyrant

a high-ranking government official in Sparta who was elected by the council of elders

• ephor
• helot
• democracy
• oligarchy
• tyrant