Ancient Greek Vocabulary

A story that's passed down from generation to generation:

• epic

• legend

• myth

• oracle

Where did ancient Greeks like to hang out?

• the acropolis

• the Iliad

• at the agora

• assembly

Barter (what is it?)

• An exchange of goods and services

• Payment for a product

• stealing

What is an Oligarchy?

• a kingdom

• a government run by a powerful group of people

• a place where people can vote

a group that makes laws

• democracy

• oracle

• oligarchy

• assembly

An agreement to get along:

• assembly

• alliance

• democracy

• tyrant

When one place takes over another so that it can use that place's resources:

• assembly

• colonize

• aristocracy

• alliance

wealthy ruling class of people:

• helot

• Majority Rule

• aristocracy

• oligarchy

A helot was a:

• free person

• slave owned by a person

• slave owned by the government of Sparta

• slave owned by the government of Athens

A long poem

• epic

• myth

• polis

• tragedy