Ancient Greece Vocabulary

acropolis

• a fortified hilltop in an ancient Greek city

• an independent city state with its own government, laws, traditions, and way of life

city state

• government by the people

• an independent city with its own government, laws, traditions, and way of life

Democracy

• spartan slave

• government by the people

• government by a king or queen

Hellenism

• a spartan slave

• belief in many gods

• Greek culture spread across western Asia and northeastern Africa after the conquests of Alexander the Great

People living in Athens who were not Athenian citizens, who could work and paid taxes but were not allowed to own land or take part in government

• Oligarchy

• Metics

• Philosophers

• Teachers

a body of stories about gods and heroes that try to explain how the world works

• polytheistic

• oligarchy

• philosophy

• mythology

A small group of people having control of a country, organization or institution

• oligarchy

• oracles

• philosophy

• Athenians

spiritual places where people went to seek advice from gods about the future

• Mrs. Torrisi

• Balkan Peninsula

• Mt. Olympus

• Oracles

Polis

• belief in many gods

• a city-state in ancient Greece

• home of the Greek gods

a narrow strip of land connecting 2 larger land areas

• peninsula

• isthmus

• island

• jetty