ANCIENT GREECE VOCABULARY

Antiquity

• The ancient past, especially the period before the Middle Ages.

• A really old piece of furniture

City State

• A place called State

• A city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state.

Athenian

• A person who is from / lives in Athens, Greece

• A person from the planet Athens

Democracy

• A system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.

• A video game made in 1834

Citizen

• A legally recognized subject or national of a state or commonwealth, either native or naturalized.

• A really zen city

Metic

• A person who drives an ambulance

• A foreigner living in an ancient Greek city who had some of the privileges of citizenship.

Helots

• A ring found over nice peoples heads

• A member of a class of serfs in ancient Sparta, intermediate in status between slaves and citizens

Mythology

• A collection of myths, especially one belonging to a particular religious or cultural tradition.

• A branch of science that studies bugs

Oracle

• A type of orange from California

• A priest or priestess acting as a medium through whom advice or prophecy was sought from the gods in classical antiquity.

Ekklesia

• Assembly of citizens in a city-state

• The real word for stubbing your toe