7th Grade Greece Vocabulary

Foot soldiers of the Greek army

• Hera

• Hopelites

• Isthmus

• Herodotus

Greek goddess of children and marriage

• Pythagoras

• Oligarchy

• Hippocrates

• Hera

Student of Socrates who found the first university or academy

• Aesop

• Parthenon

• Plato

• Pericles

A Greek doctor who taught that illnesses had a natural causes and were not a punishment by the Gods

• Isthmus

• Hoplites

• Hippocrates

• Helots

An athletic festival honoring the Greek god Zeus

• Olympics

• Athens

• Oligarchy

• Pericles

A narrow strip of land with water on both sides, connecting two large land areas

• Plato

• Helots

• Pericles

• Isthmus

A general from Athens, noted for building the Parthenon. Under his leadership

Athens entered a golden age of peace, wealth and artistic achievement

• Parthenon

• Myth

• Herodotus

• Pericles

A temple dedicated to the goddess Athena and overseen by Pericles; it took nine years to build

• Pericles

• Olympics

• Parthenon

• Pythagoras

A story describing the actions of Greek gods and goddesses and how they affected everyday life

• Plato

• Myth

• Olympics

• Oligarchy

People conquered by Spartans and forced to be slaves

• Hera

• Helots

• Herodotus

• Hoplites