Ancient Greece vocabulary

A city that is an individual unit, complete with its own government and traditions.

(It functions as its own country)

• Agora

• Polis (city-state)

• Peninsula

• Oligarchy

A person who is a member of a country and who has rights because of that membership (whether it is because a person is born a citizen or became a citizen)

• Anarchy

• Agora

• Citizen

• Peninsula

A landmass that is surrounded by water on three sides.

• Peninsula

• Island

• Desert

• Plateau

An outdoor marketplace in ancient Greece

• Oligarchy

• Agora

• Aristocracy

• Assembly

To defeat

• Citizen

• Agora

• Assembly

• Conquer

A small group of people having control of a country.

• Aristocracy

• Monarchy

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

A period of time when ancient Greek and Asian cultures mixed; it was spread through the conquests of Alexander the Great

• Hellenistic Age

• Dark Age

• Golden Age

• Stone Age

A long narrative poem about heroic deeds and events significant to a culture

• Agora

• Assembly

• Epic

• Myth

A person who studies truth and knowledge

• Philospher

• Artisan

• Doctor

• Helot

A traditional story that may include gods and goddesses and often tries to explain events in nature

• Helot

• Myth

• Epic

• Novel