Ancient Greece Vocab

a long, adventurous journey

• Epic Poem

• Odyssey

• Democracy

• Polis

a person who searches for wisdom or enlightenment

• Philosopher

• Polis

• Democracy

• Epic Poem

a long poem that tells the deeds of a great hero

• Tragedy

• Polis

• Democracy

• Epic Poem

Government by the people

• Odyssey

• Tragedy

• Democracy

• Polis

a group of 5 officials that helped govern Sparta with the Concil of Elders

• epic poem

• Ephors

• philosopher

• Democracy

A serious form of drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character

• Odyssey

• Ephors

• Tragedy

• Polis

A city-state in ancient Greece.

• Polis

• Tragedy

• philosopher

• epic poem

philosophical method of questioning to gain truth

• philosopher

• Socratic method

• epic poem

• odyssey

living forever

• Helots

• immortal

• Odyssey

• philosopher

enslaved people in ancient Sparta

• philosopher

• Helots

• immortal

• socratic method