Ancient Greece Vocabulary

A body of land that has water on three sides.

• Isthmus

• Peninsula

• Phoenicians

• Peloponnesus

A second peninsula of Greece.

• Isthmus

• Peninsula

• Phoenician

• Peloponnesus

A narrow strip of land.

• Isthmus

• Peninsula

• Phoenician

• Peloponnesus

Important trading people who lived on the coast of the eastern Mediterranean.

• Isthmus

• Peninsula

• Phoenicians

• Peloponnesus

A system of symbols.

• Olympics

• Alphabet

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

The ruler of gods.

• Posidon

• Hermes

• Hercules

• Zeus

The highest mountain in Greece.

• Mount Everest

• Mount Himalayas

• Mount Olympus

• Mount

  Fuji

Stories people tell to explain beliefs about their world.

• Myths

• Fable

• Epic

• Zeus

Games held every four years as part of a major festival that Zeus.

• Mythology

• Olympics

• Polis

• City-state

Long poems passed down through generations telling a story.

• Myth Poems

• Fable Poems

• Epic Poems

• Zeus Poems