Ancient Greece Vocabulary

Long narrative poem about heroic deeds.

• Homer

• Epic Poem

• Iliad

• Odessey

Greek city-state

• ephor

• hoplite

• acropolis

• polis

armed foot soldier

• ephor

• acropolis

• hoplite

• polis

someone who studies knowledge, reality, and existence

• philosopher

• Homer

• mythology

• aristocrats

a system of government where the power is vested in the people

• oligarchy

• aristocracy

• democracy

• citizens

a small group of individuals having control of a country or larger group of people

• oligarchy

• aristocracy

• democracy

• citizens

a body of land surrounded by water on 3 sides

• peninsula

• continent

• acropolis

• islands

the high fortified area of an ancient Greek city

• polis

• acropolis

• ephor

• helot

a story or group of stories that form part of the traditional knowledge of a society

• Epic Poem

• Homer

• Odessey

• mythology

"Rule by the best" - these are the people that rule when the upper class is in charge

• citizens

• democracy

• aristocrats

• oligarchy