G10 Ancient Greece Module Key Terms

member of a group who settled on the Greek mainland around 2000 BC

• epic

• Homer

• Dorian

• Mycenaean

war in which the Mycenaeans attacked the city of Troy

• Trojan War

• Dorian

• Homer

member of a group of people who migrated into the Greek mainland

• Dorian

• Homer

• epic

Greek poet who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey

• Homer

• epic

• Dorian

heroic story told in the form of a long poem

• epic

• Homer

• myth

traditional story that explains why the world is the way it is

• Dorian

• epic

• myth

city-state of ancient Greece

• tyrant

• polis

• helot

fortified hilltop in an ancient Greek city

• oligarchy

• monarchy

• acropolis

government ruled by a king or queen

• monarchy

• oligarchy

• Dorian

government ruled by a small group of noble families

• tyrant

• monarchy

• aristocracy